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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Mayor Jeffries Aids
Bethany Dedication

Mayor Edward J. Jcffrics Will he
the guest speaker when the flag
pole for Bethany Lutheran School
Outer drive and Berkshire avenue
IS formally dedicated at / p. m
Sunday
Dedication Of the flaEpole. which
was a Gift OF Irwin MiSch, a mem
Der OF BcthanN'S board OF CduCa-
ton. VIII Signallze the opening OF
the schools second semester IN tho
new building Monday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
RosedaIe Park Gets
New Lutheran Church

The Rev. +. l. SchWan of Grand
Rapids viii hc the guest preacher
when the cornerstone Of the new
RoSedale Park Lutheran Church IS
laid al p IN. Sunday
Constructed Of Taylor sandstone
and Indiana limestone. tho new
edifICe Will cost SIS 600 and is eX-
peCted 10 be completed IN May
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
BEREA TABERNACLE

Al 7.35 p. m Monday, the Met
ropohtan Detroit ChrlstS AmbaS-
sailors will conduct a rally in
Bcrca T abcrnacl Q auditorium
Mai. l. NJ. Anderson Of the Saliva
'ion Army viii address the meet
ing which Is being sponsored by
The Tabor Tabernacle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
ST. JOHNS MISSION

The Ven. Leonard p. Hagger.
archdeacon Of the Episcopal do
ccSe Of Michigan, Will address a
meeting Of the women Of 81.
John Mission. Plymouth, Thurs
day on the subject, Our Church
I'm Action
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
UNITARIAN CHURCH

A joint reception has been
planned for 8 p. m. Wednesday by
the Unitarian UniverSaliSt Church
of Our Father and the Crosse
Pointe Unitarian Church to pay
tribute to Or. Elizabeth Anthony
Dexter. who recently returned
from Lisbon. Portugal. The meet
ing will be held IN the Church of
our Fathers church house, CasS
and Forest avenues.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
HOLY NAME SOCIETY

a minstrel show viii be pre-
Scnted Sunday evening at the Mac
kenzie High School auditorium,
and West Chicago boule-
ward. under the sponsorship Of the
Holy Name Society Of the Catholic
Church Of Epiphany.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
REDEMPTION LUTHERAN

a special service Will be con-
Quoted in Redemption Lutheran
Church. East Sevcn-Mlle road and
avenue, at 100 p. m.
Sunday. 10 mark the fifth annlver-
Sary of the church'S founding, with
the Rev. II. X. WaCkcr, pastor of
the Covenant Church, delivering
I no sermon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
MtNRESA RETREAT

Monday there VIII be a day Of
recollection for the clergy al Man
reSa Exercises Will begin with a
meditation ALL a M and close
with the holy hour ending az 4 80
p m. Father Joseph l. Donohue,
S. J VII give the medltaNons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
METRoPOLITAN METHODIST

Bishop Raymond ! Wade. resi-
dent bishop Of the Dctroi' area OF
the Methodist Church. viii be the
special preacher Sunday morning
IN Metropolitan Methodist Church
lie viii take the place OF Or. Mer
ION 5. Rice regular pastor who Is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Ven. Haeeer Maps Visit

The Ven. Leonard p. HagGer
archdeacon of the Episcopal do
cese Of Michigan. will celebrate
the Holy Communion four times
Sunday in the northern part OF
the diocese: Trinity. West Branch
st. Paul's, Gladwin: Grace Church
StandiSh. and ST. Thomas, Omer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL

Edgar 4. Guest. Detroit poet
VIII offer several selections from
his poems at the annual lontcn
-,al,4ts.-eiitfaf,t.''- 'rf-t'rr-v' t'crCrr-T-
tional Church Woodward and For
est avenues. scheduled for $50 p
~ IIlsHaN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
WEEKLY SERVICES

Calvary lutheran Church oi
Crosse Pointe Woods Will hole
services each Wednesday evening
during Lent as VIII the following
Lutheran parishes; IroquoiS Ave.
nue. Christ Church Outer Drive
Faith ST. Thomas, Covenant anC
Peace.
Hazel Park Lutheran and st
Matthews Of Garden City VIII
conduct services on Sunday eve
nincS. while Mt. Olive and st.
StephanuS will hold mid-wcck de
votional periods each Thursday
night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC

The st. Julian Choir. under the
of Edward JcnSki. will
present a program Of hymns dur
inc the scored concert IN ST Mary
downtown Catholic Church Sun
day February IS, al 1 p. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
BETLAH BAPTIST

a five-day Bible conference has
been scheduled for next week in
the Beulah Baptist Church. Ses-
sion Will be conducted at 7:30 each
evening beginning Monday and
through Friday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Recollection Day Set

The league q The Sacred
Heart W. hold 2 dsy % rec5liec-
ton ~ ire Convent o. the Sacred
Heart Crosse Po.n'e Farms. sun
eay February - beginning with
mass al s 80 d. n.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
WAITHER LEAGUE

The midwlnler rally Of the East
Side Walther League Will be held
Wednesday afternoon in Concordla
Lutheran Church, Cadillac and
Sylvester avenues. Arnold Meier,
president Of the zone, announced
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
METROPOLITAN METHODIST

The Rev. Allen 3. Rice OF Craw-
louisville, Ind. son Of Or. Merton
s. Rice, Will preach the sermon at
100 p. m. Sunday in Metropolitan
Methodist Church.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
ST. MATTHIAS EPISCOPAL

Bishop Frank W. Creighton will
preach the sermon and confirm
classes Of candidates IN 81 Mat.
thiaS Episcopal Church. Detroit
at II a. m. Sunday. and in St
John ROYAL oak. AZ ; y. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14

The president of the De-
troit Council Of Churches and
pastor of Westminster Pres
byterian Church, DR.. Benja-
min Jay Bush, will deliver the
sermon at noon Ash Wednes-
day in the Lafayette Theater,
to open the councils annual
MONDAY Lenten tn eate r
services.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Dr.. GIazer TO Ohio

During the last week in Feb.
ruary, Or. 3. Benedict Glazer OF
Temple Beth FL. will attend the
annual meeting of the central con-
ference Of American Rabbis to be
held in Cincinnati. O.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

The lcSSon->Crmon 10 he read in
all Christian Science churches sun
day viii hc ON The subject Soul, -
whIc the Golden Text VII hc from
Isalah ll.A.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
DETROIT RESCUE MISSION

The Detroit City Rescue Mission
announces its thirty-third annual
dinner VIII be held Tuesday at
s 30 y. m. in the Woodward Ave-
nue. Baptist Church, with Or. w. s.
Zoller as the speaker for the eve
uIDC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-14
Church Briefs

lAlphonse Kuhn, s. J.. will celebrate
the mass and conduct the day S
conferences.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
Practice OF Sending Greeting Cards
At Christmas Is Century Old Custom

ed in the next few years the custom
did not secure a good foothold until
1862.
At that time the greetings were
the same in size as an ordinary
visiting card and were inscribed
simply "A Merry Christmas" or "A
Happy New Year."
In following years, robins and
holly branches, embossed figures and
landscapes were added to the cards
as they became more elaborate in
design.
Little Red Riding Hood was a
favorite subject for many Christmas
card publishers. Others featured a
hermit and his cell; yet the stock
designs were those in which snow
and robins played a part.
From England, the Christmas card
custom has spread throughout the
entire world. Today the practice
serves as an inexpensive method OF
exchanging Yuletide remembrance
between friends and others we wish
to remember at Christmas time.
The practice has grown from the
insignificant beginning in England
to one so tremendous that mail de-
liveries for days are clogged at the
postoffice and at times assumes SER
ious proportions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
Bluffton Soldier In Chorus Girl
GaTb Headlines Army Musical Show

A Bluffton soldier in chorus girl
garb, headlining an army musical
show way out on a tropical island in
the Southern Pacific, and then meet
ing three Bluffton buddies in his
audience, was one of the strange
and odd tales coming out of this
war.
1t all happened when an army en-
tertainment unit visited one of the
lonely military outposts, an island
in the south Pacific and put on their
show to cheer up the boys and re-
lieve the dull routine of camp life.
The army show-with a cast COM
posed of husky he-men, some OF
them made up as chorus girls-went
over with bang, so report Kenneth
Luginbuhl, Joe Birchnauph and vii.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
War Demand Takes
FidO'S Metal Tdgs

Dog tags of plastic "conserve-the-
metal-for-the-fig -fighting-forces" styl e
went on sale this week in Allen
county, with Bluffton district sales
being made at the Ingalls, grocery
on North Main street.
In Beaverdam, dog tags are being
distributed at the Farmers Elevator
Co., sales in Cairo are handled by
Solomon and Evans Hardware store
with L. H. Fleming serving as the
Lafayette registrar.
All CANNES three months of age
or older must wear the 1943 plastic
tags after Jan. 20, County Auditor
Floyd Griffin announced as the IL
censes went on sale.
Prices are 81 for males and spayed
females, and So for unspayed fe-
males. Kennel fees are $40, provid-
ing five tags for dogs taken out, and
for an unlimited number of quar-
tered animals.
Fees derived from the sale of dog
tags are used in the operation of the
dog warden's department, and to
provide fund for claims for dam
age to sheep, cattle and other ami
mails by dogs.
Last year nearly 1000 tags were
issued in Allen county, and about
5000 were found not wearing the
required tags.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17

With Christmas greeting cards al
ready pouring into the letter drops
at the Bluffton postoffice in consid-
cradle quantities, attention is fo-
cussed on the century old custom of
spreading Yuletide cheer.
The cards have been coming in
earlier this year because patrons
have become accustomed to early
mailing due to wartime demands it
is believed. Postal officials do not
expect the last minute rush as in
previous years.
The year 1916 has been designated
as that in which the Christmas card
had its origin. During the Yuletide
season of that year, Joseph Cundall,
London artist, published what he
claimed was the first series of
Christmas cards, altho he gave the
credit to another person.
Cudall reported that a Henry Cole,
later Sir Henry, originated the idea.
The drawing was made by ]. c..
Gorsley, London artist. The card
was printed by lithography and was
colored by hand.
Nearly 1000 of the cards were
sold in the restricted district where
they were offered for sale, and al
though other greetings were publish
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
No Change In Social
Security Tax Jan. I

No change will be made in social
security deductions at the beginning
of next year, altho the plan origin
ally called for increased payments
by workers and employees covered by
the act.
Deductions of one per cent from
the workers checks, with employing
firms matching the amount, will con-
tinue through the coming year.
Under original provisions of the
Social Security Act, which became
effective in 1887, the amount of de-
ductions was to increase one-half per
cent every third year.
Recent action by Congress, how
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
Schools And TO5Uns
Get Tex DistribEs:o.s

Bluffton school received S2,591.g3
and Bluffton municipality benefited
to the extent of S85708 in the dis
tribution to Allen county taxing sub
divisions of s237, 1876 representing
personal and classified taxes for the
last half of 1912.
Distribution to other school dis
tricts in this area was as follows:
Beaverdam, s305.sO; Riley, $500;
Lafayette-Jackson, s27s.47; Cairo,
$59.19; Columbus Grove, S75.63.
Beaverdam village received $16.24;
Lafayette got $18.04, and Cairo's
share was $7.55.
In the distribution, S153.63 was
earmarked for Richland township,
and Monroe township received s43.44.
The Bluffton library received ST.
O41.75.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17

lard Dillman who were in the en-
thusiastic and cheering audience.
Especially attractive was one
chorus girl" who headlined the show
and vowed the soldier audience to
say the least-who proved to be none
other than Herbert Kindle, also of
Bluffton and a high school classmate
of Birchnaugh.
Information concerning the army
show was contained in a letter re-
ceived from her husband the first of
the week by Mrs. Kenneth Luginbuhl
of the Bluffton school faculty.
The army command in that sector
maintains band and entertainment
unit as a booster of morale and
Kindle is with the unit as a comedy
performer when not on active army
duty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
Music OF Messiah Composed BY Man
Who Had Experienced Much Suffering

During the summer of composition
Handel had received an invitation
from Irish officials to give some
benefit concerts at Dublin. He had
at his disposal the best cholrs OF
that city.
GIVEN 0vATIoNS
His concert season was opened
two DAYS before Christmas and from
beginning to end the presentations
were a series of continuous ovations,
Handel then returned to London for
performance of the oratorio. Here
it was not Immediately successful.
Religious prejudices prevailed In
the presentation and the clergy
called the oratorio sacrilege and
Handel a hereto because he dared
give a concert about the Omnipotent
in a playhouse.
In the final performance of the
season the king was in the audience
1t was at this presentation that the
audience was exceedingly affected by
the music. When the Hallelujaf
chorus was being sung, they were sc
transported that they with the king
stood up and remained standing un-
til the chorus was completed. That
action established a precedent which
is followed even today.
HOSPITAL AID
1t was not until Handel began his
performances in aid of a hospital
that the Messiah came completely
into its own. The hospital was fol
deserted children and was source
of much satisfaction to Handel in
later years.
The concerts in the hospital be-
came so popular that thousands were
turned away from the performances.
Eleven performances were given at
the chapel between 1850 and 1859
with benefits amounting to about
seven thousand pounds.
The Messiah was performed thirty
four times during the life of Handel
with the composer himself conduct
ing all the performances. Conduct
ing with the baton was not practiced
at this time. Instead the conductor
sat at the organ playing the con-
tinuo or the figured bass. He con-
tinued doing this even when almost
blind and played the music from
memory since he was unable to see
the notes.
CoLIAPsES AFTER CHORUS
At an April performance of the
Messiah at Covent Garden the blind
master collapsed after the Amen
chorus. He was hurried to his home
to his bed from which he was never
to rise again.
1t was Easter week and Handel
prayed that he might breath his last
on Good Friday. Strangely enough
the wish was granted and he dice
on Good Friday, April 13, 1859, a
the age of IA years.
Countless hamlets, towns, village!
and cities in this country and il
Europe now perform the immorta
music which a commentator has re
ferred to as the "great tone-cathe
dral".
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
Orange Twp. Youth Wins War Bond
In Livestock Judging Contest

Judging was done on the basis of
pictures and descriptions appearing
in the sale catalog and the prices
paid at the sale furnished the basis
for the awards.
Young Marquart achieved a per-
feet score, placing the first six in the
order which they sold. He received
his $50 bond Monday together with
letter of congratulation from the
Carter farm.
Norman and his 18-year-old bro
ther, Marion, are engaged this win
ter in cattle feeding project and
expect to specialize in that business
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
j. = ~

Norman Marquart, eleven-year-old
Orange township youth is the pos
SCISSOR of a $50 war bond because he
knows his cattle. Norman, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Marquart and a
pupil in the sixth grade of the Mt.
Cory school was one of three first
prize winners in a nationwide judg-
ing contest sponsored by Otis A.
Carter and Son, prominent Illinois
Shorthorn breeders.
The Carriers who recently sold 10
head of the pedigreed cattle at Chi
cago offered prizes in war bonds for
the placing of the best six in the
offering.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
Soldiers Are Not Permitted To Have
Extra Gasoline Under Federal Ruling

Members of the armed forces
home on furlough will not be allowed
gasoline to visit relatives or for any
similar purpose, it was learned this
week following an announcement
from the Office of Price Administra-
ton.
Announcement of the new restric-
tions clamping down on extra gaso-
line that may be issued to soldiers
was announced by the Hancock coun-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17

Don't forget to buy War Bonds
and Defense Stamps.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17

ty board and similar announcement
is expected soon by the Allen county
board.
No extra gasoline may be allowed
to men who seek to go to another
city or recruiting office for the pur-
pose of enlisting in the armed forces.
Soldiers who are home on furlough
are not entitled to extra gasoline
for the purpose of getting around
to visit friends, relatives or any
similar purpose.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the neighbors
and friends for their aid and SYM
pathy extended in the illness and
death of our beloved father, Scott
I. Whistler; especially do we thank
the Bluffton Community Hospital for
the care given him in his last illness,
Rev. Zimmerman who officiated at
the funeral services, the ballbearers
and all those sending flowers.
Ben Whistler
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Harris
& Family
Be on your toes-don't forget to
Buy War Bonds and Stamps.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
Family Gathering

The home of Mrs. Ella McHenry
of North Main street was the scene
of happy family gathering Sun
day, the occasion being the birthday
anniversary of Richard Arnold,
grandson of Mrs. McHenry and
youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Arnold of Mansfield who expects to
be inducted into the army soon.
Present were Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Arnold and son Richard of Mans
field; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Risher
and daughter Betty and Mrs.
Blanche Roberts of Columbus Grove
and Mr.. and Mrs Everett Schmidt
of Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold already have
two sons in the army, one at North
Camp Polk, La, and the other at
Camp Perry.
Don't forget to buy War Bonds
and Defense Stamps.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17
George Handel Wrote Music for
Famed Oratorio in the
Midst of Set-backS
Composer Underwent Religious
Experience While Writing
His Masterpiece

Out of a welter of suffering, set
backs and disappointments, George
Handel, famous English composer OF
German birth, created the Messiah
which was first performed in Dublin
Ireland during the Christmas season
of 1741.
From that insignificant beginning
the oratorio has become household
word to rich and poor alike and is
performed by thousands of choral
societies in America, England, and
Germany as an annual musical event
of the Christmas season. Forty pre-
sentations of the work have been
made in Bluffton.
Handel was born in the Saxon
town of Halle, Germany, and was
brought up as devout Lutheran.
Here the strong religious influences
impressed on his mind the belief in
the power of music to develop re-
ligious thought.
MANY FAILURES
Later moving to London, Handel's
life was a series of fuctuating sue
cesses and failures. Immediately pre-
ceding the presentation of the Mes
siah for the first time Handel exper-
fenced unsuccessful concert seasons
one after another, dragging the COM
poser deeper and deeper into debt
and finally into bankruptcy.
Popular taste at that time was
swayed by the cheaper and lighter
operate numbers. Added to his dis
appointments was period of poor
health and mental distress in which
even most of his associates Stunned
him.
In this period of suffering he COM
posed the music of the Messiah from
the words of librettist named
Charles Jennens, who had also sup
piled the words for some previous
works of Handel.
JENNENs WAS LIBRETTIsT
No one could have been more OPP
posite in temper and character than
Jennens was from Handel. Jennens
was the descendant of a manufac-
turing family from whom he had
inherited great wealth. He was
pompous, conceited and lived lavish
ly.
There is even some question as to
whether Jennens actually compiled
the words of the Messiah. A re-
cent biographer indicates that the
work was actually done by Jennens
secretary, humble little clergyman
named Poole.
This matter, however, is still one
of conjecture. Handel eagerly ac-
cepted the libretto and began the
work of composition at the end of
August, 1741, in his house on Brook
street in London. In exactly twenty
four days the oratorio was complet-
ed, task of immense proportions.
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
During the composition of the
masterpiece of musical literature
Handel underwent definite relig-
ious experience. Very often he left
the food untouched that was brought
to him by his man servant.
When the Halleluiah chorus was
completed at the end of Part II his
servant found him at the table, with
tears streaming from his eyes
Handel explained: II did think | did
see all Heaven before me, and the
great God himself"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17

ever, froze deductions at one per
cent for 1943, but in 1914 and 1916
the tax on worker and employer is
to be two per cent for each.