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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-06
All Club News
Busy Bee Al Club

Eighteen girls were present for
the eighth meeting of the club.
Announcement was made that the
Allen County Al fair will be held
August "a to 28 at Delphos. Judg-
ing of projects will be August 20.
Marlene Beery gave a demonstra-
tion how to make bed correctly.
Safety demonstrations were given
by Mary Jane Burkholder, Alice
Herr and Luella Herr, showing how
to board and leave bus. Jean
Burkholder read health rules and
Betty Bixel gave demonstration of
planting vegetables.
The next meeting will be August
|12,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-06
Gold Star All Club

Fifteen members of the Gold Star
All club along with their advisor,
Mrs. Frank Montgomery spent the
past week at the Hardin-Hancock
County camp at Camp Ohio in Eden
township, Licking county.
The members were active in
many different things. Swimming
was under the direction of John
Schmidt, the All-American pole
vaulting champion.
Girls earning their Red Cross
swimming certificates for progress
in swimming were Emma Jean Mil
Ter, Mona Myrl Hathaway, Norma
Montgomery, Virginia Criblez, Mari
lyn Mathewson, Jeannine Stewart,
Jackie Smith, Marilyn Gallant, Betty
Smith, Twila Henry and Edith
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-06

More clover and alfalfa seed will
be urgently needed for 1943 plant
ings. Present prospects are for ex-
cellent prices for good quality seed.
Ohio is one of the important produc-
ers of red clover seed.
Necrotic entritis, a serious dis
ease of hogs, has appeared in some
places in Ohio. No cure is known
for the disease. The recommended
treatment is to feed sick hogs a
thin, nutritious slop, and to isolate
infected hogs from the healthy ones.
Oats, barley, or wheat fed with
milk or buttermilk seem to assist in
recovery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-06
Ensign Commission
In Navy Air Corps

Harold r. Wilson, who made his
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Danner west of Bluffton, recently
received his commission as ensign
in the navy air corps at Corpus
Christi, Texas.
Wilson, a former student at Pur-
due university, enlisted for a four
year term. He is expected to arrive
here shortly on fifteen day fur
Tough. His mother, Mrs. S. B. Will
son of Detroit who is visiting at the
home of her sister Mrs. Danner,
will remain here until the arrival of
her son.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
WHEAT FARMER
TO CAST VOTE
(Con+;nuod from, Paua Twol
Continued from Page Two)

over agricultural prices. Support
ed by President Roosevelt, the Ag-
riculture Department is following a
policy of stabilizing prices of corn
and wheat for livestock feed at 80
percent of parity. (Parity is the
word used to describe prices which
Federal farm legislation says farm
ers are entitled to receiver The
department is able to hold prices at
the 85-percent level through its
power to sell Government-owned
SURPRISES of corn and wheat. The
departments object is to provide
livestock, dairy and poultry farm
ers with feed at prices which en-
courage them to produce greater
quantities of meat, milk and eggs.
Huge quantities of these foods are
needed for shipment to Great
Britain, Russia and other nations
allied with the United States.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23

Too little; too late; too bad!
There still is time to buy U. s..
Defense Bonds and Stamps.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23

dainty handwork touches, it now
assumes new importance. AS lin
ems, manufactured and imported
laces, tapestries and damasks be-
come scarcer and more costly, the
inexpensive ball of crochet thread
steps gracefully into the breach, to
be used in creating necessary
household adornments, both prac-
tical and beautiful. During Nation
al Crochet Week, Art Needlework
Departments o fretail stores will
feature crochet as the practical
'needlework hobby. Window and
departmental displays will show
some of the useful articles which
can be easily crocheted by the av-
erage woman, thus saving money
for herself and conserving the use
of machinery and priority mater
ials. Crochet demonstrators and
instructors will be on hand in many
art needlework departments to pre-
sent new designs in crochet and in
struct beginners in the art. OF in
terest to the country's vast army
of crocheters will be the launching,
during National Crochet Week, of
the annual Nationwide Crochet
Contest. For the sith consecutive
year, the National Crocret Champ
ion and 35 outstanding crocheters
will be chosen for the national
needlework honors and S1,450 in
cash prizes which will be awarded
at the completion of the Contest in
November 1912. As in past years,
local, county and state fairs will
again cooperate in the national
competition by acting as judging
preliminaries. All contest entries
must first be submitted to a fair,
those pieces which are awarded
first prizes in the fair competitions
becoming eligible for consideration
in the national judging.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
'I5A& Of the
mHU'S'MARINES
THE COMMANDMENTS HOME

One of the most historic build
ings in the United States is the
home of the Commandant of the
U. S. Marine Corps in Washington
D. c. 1t is Marines home in
every respect because it was built
by Leathernecks in 1903 under the
supervision of Marine Corps offic-
ers.
1t is known as the oldest build
ing in the nations capital since it
was the only one permitted to re-
main standing when the Capital
City was burned in 1914.
In the early beginnings of the
Corps the Commandments home was
surrounded by huge fence and
constantly patrolled by specially
picked Marine sentries.
There was a reason for the guard
detail. Early in 1900 every govern
ment department was its own
banker. Accordingly, all money
for the Marine Corps payroll for a
year was locked in the Comman-
dant's office along with any other
monies for new barracks and weap-
onS,
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
PAID DOCTOR BILLS 1000
Borrowers Are Low Income Farm
ers Who Cannot Get Credit

Farm Security Administration
borrowers under the FSA medical
plan in Pennsylvania have paid up
their doctor bills 100 percent, DR..
Charles Newberry, Chief Medical
officers, announced today. 1--WE
think this is pretty good" Newber-
ry commented. Our borrowers are
Ilow-inceme farmers who cannot
get credit except from the Govern
ment. Still, they pay off their
debts as few better-off classes dc"
Under the FSA medical plan in
Pennsylvania are 374 families, or
1 1854 individuals in Crawford Erie,
Mercer, Tioga Potter and Wyoming
Counties. Each member of the
program pays an equal monthly
share into plan fund computed on
the basis of normal annual medical
expenses of the membership. Mem
bers are benefited by more thor
ough medical services by doctors of
their own choosing; and doctors
in Pennsylvania they formerly COL
lected about go percent of their
bills from low-income farmers
collect considerably more on their
bills.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
W0MaH to WoMaH
by Helen Henderson

GREET the new year with clean
NJ housed Spring is not the only
season for general housekeeping.
When the new 1912 calendar has
been hung on the wall, it's time to
take down holiday decorations and
put the house in spotless order.
Every room needs thorough
cleaning to eliminate traces of gift
wrapping activities and to get rid
of the last pine needle that drop
ped from the tree.
After increased food buying and
food preparing activity during the
holidays, kitchen cupboards will be
disarranged. Shelves should be en-
tirely cleared off, washed thorough
ly and should be rearranged neatly.
X X X
Be sure nothing that could be
disposed of is taking up valuable
space in the kitchen. Empty glass
jars should be thrown out. Don't
drag them up to the attic or down
to the basement to get them out
of the kitchen, either. Since we
now get glassed foods almost every
time we market, there's no reason
to let empties collect, and the best
place for them is the ash can.
Attics and cellars should not be
neglected after the holidays. AL
though they get their most thor
ough treatment during spring and
fall housekeeping, freque n t
check-up of these catch-all spots
will make periodic cleaning easier.
X X X
Try to prevent the accumulation
of rubbish and you will have no
great disposal problem during
spring cleaning. It's easy enough
to place boxes and cartons of mis-
cellaneous items-old packing ma
terials, magazines, newspapers-in
one of these places temporarily.
You intend to dispose of these
things sooner or later-so why not
do it right now? Waste paper. is
one of the greatest fire hazards in
the home-yet it has taken on ire
mendous value in the defense eff
fort and should be collected regu-
larly for that purpose.
Space must be found to put away
the new things received for Christ
mas and a general clearing-out of
closets is in order. Here again,
waste materials that have been
stored indefinitely should be added
to the pile to be collected. Old mag
azines that will never be looked at
again will do more good if salvaged
for defense than if left on that top
shelf to take up needed space.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
CROCHET WEEK
TOBE OBSERVED
Creative Hobbies Important
Factor in Civilian Health
and Conservation
NEEDED IN FASHION

With several million active GRO
cheters in this country, Americas
favorite needlework assumes new
role in wartime living, which will
be highlighted during National
Crochet Week, April % through
May 2. Because worthwhile, Gre
alive hobby is an important factor
in maintaining civilian health and
morale, and history shows that
women have always turned to their
needles in times of national crisis,
relaxation, economy and conserva-
ton through crochet handwork"
will be the theme of the program,
launched under the sponsorship of
the National Needlecraft Bureau.
During recent months crochet, be-
cause of its economy and adaptibil-
ity to many uses, has taken an in
creasingly important place in fash
ion and in the home. This trend is
expected to become more and more
important as the need for conserva-
ton and economy in materials for
civilian use increases. While the
style Importance of crochet is al
ready firmly established, its i'm
portance as practical medium for
the making of many necessary
parts of a wardrobe will become
more and more evident, as short
ages increase. In fashion, chochet
can successfully take the place of
even metal for jewelry, and of
wool, felt, silk and luxury mater
ials for hats, bags, gloves, blouses,
children's dresses, slippers, collars
and scarfs. While crochet has long
been a favorite with American wo-
men for lovely household accessor-
ies-tablecloths, bedspreads, doll
les, chair sets and numerous other
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23

When the British invaded the
Capital City in 1914 the military
chest containing the Leatherneck
funds wa guarded by two SER
geants.
Before they rushed off to die at
the Battle of Bladensburg they told
comrades they had dug a hole on
the grounds of the Commandments
home and buried the money. But
they didn't reveal the location.
The loss was $4,000 and the
Marine Corps and its personnel
were embarrassed financially until
new funds could be made available.
The hidden money has never been
found.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
APPOINT KENT
SALVAGE UNIT
Members of County Salvage
For Victory Commit
tee Named
E. ]. WARD, CHAIRMAN

Kent County members of the
State Salvage for Victory Commit
tee have been announced. Lieut.
Col. William ]. Storey is chairman,
and Benjamin F. Johnson is vice
chairman. The members are: Do
yer Area-Ben. F. Johnson, chair
man; Mrs. Josephine H. Myers, Ar
thur Dobberstein, Edwin Latshaw,
Kenneth Roper, Miss Helen Loom
stock. Smyrna-Ellery ]. Ward,
chairman, J.Reginald DeFord, Miss
Anna Beckett. Clayton = Carl
Hurd, chairman; Dudley Crossley,
Mrs. William A. Dulin, C. w. Hall,
Gilbert Davis, Mrs. Seville Keys.
Hartly-Henry Martin, chairman;
Mrs. Edith Sawin, Nolan Wood,
Mrs. Josephine H. Myers, Howard
Schweitzer. Camden and Wyom-
ing-Charles duoPnt Ridgely chair
man; forster H. Storous, Mrs. Mar
garet Hairgrove, Amos Marker, AL
ton Marker. FELTON, William H.
Eaton, chairman; ]. Louis Hopkins,
William R. Torbert, VIC. Milbourn,
Miss Nellie Hughes. Frederick
w. Marion Stevenson, chairman;
Mrs. Burton Gordon, F. Leslie,
Rentz, James Dare, Ralph Cats.
Harrington = Lewis R. Clymer,
chairman; Mrs. Reynolds Wilson,
Horace CULLEN, Charles L. Peck,
Leis Slaughter. Magnolia-Claude
C. McIlvaine, chairman; Mrs. EN-
ma McIlvaine, Mrs. Ethel Collins,
Mrs. Edna Johnson, James Neil
vaine.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23

WEDDING breakfast home be all that lovely bride
dreamed about when best talents breath
taking table china silver will
take bridal air against the background of this charming het
cheed cloth called Lovers Knot And crochet yourself
white block
and the work will quickly It's cloth that will trad
brides wedding feast It would also make prize worthy the
Crochet which a
with the naming the National Crochet Champion
ranking croheters cash awarded
Directions for croheng this exquisite cloth and details of the Crochet
Contest be obtained by sending stamped faddd envelope
the Needewo Department of this specifying Design No. 65
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
Patriotism Is
Style Keynote
AT Miami Beach
Introductory Beach Hat
And Flag Colors,
Popular

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA-Uncle
Sam is the new stylist for Miami
Beach's famous bathing beauties.
AS patriotism links a nation in
arms, the resourceful sand sprites
who do their Red Cross knitting on
the beach are wearing bathing suits
and accessories that fit right in
with the times.
The patriotic motif is seen in
such fashions as a V-for-Vietory
beach hat in white straw with a
large "" cut into the brim at the
front.
Sarones Co Patriotic
Even sarongs are going patriotic.
Edna Johnson, who achieved fame
rs Miss Millinery" was seen wear
ing sarong bathing suit in red,
white and blue that left no mistake
as to the wearer's feelings She
topped the costume off with a large
beach hat which was both protec-
tive and flattering.
One young lady raised a cheer
when she appeared in recent ia
shion show wearing flag blue shorts
with a white pique blouse decora-
ted with red stars.
Perhaps the most startling mill
tary note is seen in the thin rub
Der leis, worn around the neck
Hawaiian fashion, to symbolic the
Remember Pearl Harbor" cry that
is thrilling the nation.
Worn With Lei
In general, bathing suits are
quite brief this season. Trunks and
bra top compose many suit, al
lowing the tropical sun to tan
many bare midriff. One startling
outfit was worn by lovely Alicia
Rasco, socially prominent here. 1t
was jersey suit in green flower
print, in trunks and bra, worn with
a lei around the neck.
Black bathing suits are becoming
quite popular. Many are in a
shirred, taffeta-like material which
do exactly what b thing suits
should do for their pretty wearers.
Often they are worn with white
beach coats for contrast.
But no matter what their color
or cut, beach fashions are very
pretty this year and essentially gay.
After all, when visitors come down
here for relaxation between war
efforts, it's beauty and surcease
from worry they're looking for.
Miami Beach is where they find
it.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
Enlisted Man

Major Emery "Swede" Larson of
the U. S. Marines, until recently
coach of the Nays football team,
enlisted in the Marine Corps be-
fore attending Annapolis and be-
ing commissioned an offer.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
Large Feet

Men with exceptionally large feet
are sometimes rejected by the Ma
rine Corps because extra large
sizes of shoes must be made to or
der.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23

Our boys at the front need a
steady flow of supplies. You can
assure this by systematic purchase
of us. Defense Bonds and Stamps.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
THEY'RE GOOD FOR YOU
Consumption of Vegetables Five
Times Greater Than 20. Years Ago

Times GreaIer IMAM EU' fedTS Ago
Americans today are eating from
two to five times as many veg
etables as they did 20 years ago
and that goes for spinach too.
Spinach consumption, despite little
boys protests, doubled, according
to the Farm Security Administra-
tion, while lettuce and carrots trip
led and snap beans and green peas
quadrupled. Eleven and one-half
million tons of vegetables (not in
GLIDING white or sweet potatoes,
were marketed in 1941-seven per-
cent more than in any previous
year. And q vegetables were
shipped commercially, as compared
with Ia kinds 20 years ago.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
NEW WHITE FLOATING SOAP
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses. cows
and mules removed FREE of
charge by calling DOVER TAO r
Is. No animals removed unless call
is made Immediately and no an
imals dying from a contagious dis
ease will be removed
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
Won 800 Medals

Sergeant Morris Fisher of the
United States Marines won more
than 800 medals at rifle matches in
different parts of the world.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
Springfield Replaced

The old single action Springfield
rifle is being replaced in the Marine
Corps by the new semi-automatic
Garand rifle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

glowing instrument dials in the
darkness without the glare that
would impair the pilots ability
to see out into the night.
In civilian life, foods, vegetable
matter, plastics, glass, paints
and pigments give off fluoresr
cent glow under black light. Hav-
ing discovered that, scientists
and engineers are painting and
dyeing otherwise non-fluorescent
materials to make them burst
into radiant colors under black
light.
Colorful ballets on a BACKED
out stage at the Radio City Mu-
sic Hall are the outcome Of black
light coupled with fluorescent
paints and dyes. Dance bands
have used the same dramatic
color effects. Luminous carpets
on theatre aisles help you find
your seat more easily in a dark
ened theatre.
Black light also shows its I'M
portance in our everyday life.
Many foods fluoresce naturally.
Butter, for instance, is pale yell
low, yet it glows a golden yellow,
that distinguishes it from oleo-
margarine which fluoresces blue.
Under black light, olive oil
looks green. Not long ago some
supposedly imported olive oil,
selling at virgin oil prices, was
under suspicion. Health authori-
ties gave it a black light test
and it turned out to be cotton
seed oil which looks blue under
a black light.
This black light enables laun-
dries and cleaning establishments
to stamp all clothing and linens
with an invisible number that is
detected only under a black light.
To prevent forgeries, whole
checks or the signature area of
checks are being treated with
fluorescent ink. An erasure
breaks up the fluorescent pat
tern, and a black light detects
the fact. To prevent counter
feiting Of race track tickets,
bookmakers are printing the
genuine tickets with a distin-
gushing fluorescent mark.
Even hair has a peculiar color
under black light. A brunette
won't change color, but blondes
tresses are a brilliant white-vio-
let and gray hair a dazzling
snowy white if the hair is
healthy. Unhealthy hair, with
the exception of brunette, glows
a brilliant green. Henna and
other hair dyes can also be de-
tected by black light.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

with packets of hair and any
ersatz plans were forgotten.
America, the hair merchants dis
covered, was a vast and untapped
source Of supply.
The photographs on this page
were taken behind the scenes in
one of New York's larger wig
shops and show just what hap
pens to hair after it's bought and
paid for. The process is simple.
The hair is weighed, cleaned,
dyed in a vat, and hung up to
dry. The clean hair Is combed
carefully and fitted to dummy
heads for wigs. Short strands
and odds and ends are made into
dolls head coverings.
Due to a fairly heavy demand,
the cut hair passes through the
shop at a steady pace and, al
though Aunt Minnie doesn't know
it, the tresses she mailed from
Beaver Creek, Oklahoma, last
month are perhaps being aired
above a bald skull in Wall
Streets conference rooms today.
Many Of the wigmakers run
their own hair-cutting rooms and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

if the feminine seller doesn't
want TO mail in her pride and
joy, she can stop by and have
it shipped off. One of the pic
lures shows Mr.. M. jacob, oper-
ator of New York City wig
company, doing just such bit
Of trimming.
Many a beauty parlor and bar
Der shop does a good and lucra-
tive business on the side by sell
ing the hair that is swept up
from the floor.
All old hair doesn't go into
wigs. Some is used in upholstry,
and, strangely enough, it is also
woven into cloth. Two factories
in Columbia, South Carolina, for
example, weave fabric from hui
man hair.
This cloth does not find its
way into the cloak and suit in
dustry, first because the supply
Of it is limited, and second, be-
cause it is manufactured for a
very special purpose-to strain
the oil from cottonseed.
Although scores of expert
ments have been made with other
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

NLACKNESS is no longer the
TX absence of light, nor is light
- the absence of blackness.
This startling discovery was
made in the big Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing plant
in New York City.
A bewildered world has &C
copied the phenomena with open
arms because it came at a time
when current "Blackouts" threat
ened the very way of American
life.
Black light, as the new illumi-
nation was aptly christened, is
expected to revolutioniZe our en-
tire lighting system.
Black light Is to color what
radio is to sound. Unseen waves
are picked up by radio and trans
lated into sound that the human
ear can enjoy. Similarly, colors
beyond the range Of the human
eye become visible when ex-
posed to the unseen rays Of a
black light. Scientists call these
colors "fluorescent" effects.
At a recent demonstration in
broadcasting studio in New
York City, a radio program was
carried on during a total black
out. A SPECIAL green paint was
applied to the microphone. BY
regular light, the microphone
looked no different than it had
before. The script was typed
with a standard typewriter rib
bon dipped in the same green
paint. To the naked eye, this
script also looked like a regular
sheet of tipping
But when exposed to the I'M
seen rays of an ultraviolet lamp
called the black light-the
same microphone and script gave
off a luminous greenish light.
Complex maps and ocean navi-
CATION charts, which can be read
in total darkness and military
control panels lighted by invisible
rays, are now practical for war
use through the development Of
a new group of ultraviolet black
light sources, thanks to +. w.
Beggs, Westinghouse lighting en-
gineer.
All of the new fluorescent type
of black light devices, ranging
from a walnut-siZed bulb to a
four-foot glass tube, use a newly
discovered chemical coating
which transforms short ray ultra
violet into near ultraviolet or
black light.
Already this black light is
making IL possible for American
pilots to illuminate fluorescent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25
Remembering the Unknown
Civilian
CIVIIIdn

is buried beneath the mound.
The story goes way back to the
SOS when the tracks were push
ing westward towards Iron River
in a country that was then def
nitely frontier.
A railroad crew found the
body of a man near the shore
Of lake. With barred heads, they
scooped out a burial spot and
fashioned a mound.
No one knew who the man
was. Records in those days were
scanty. The present generation
of railwaymen know no more
about it than those that went be-
fore. Even how the unknown
civilian met his death is a mys-
terry. The lake itself takes it's
name from the grave and is still
known as Dead Mans Lake.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

EVERYBODY has heard of
the tomb of the Unknown
- soldier in Washington's Ar
lington Cemetery-but few peo-
pie, with the exception of some
railroadmen, know about the
grave Of the Unknown Civilian.
Unlike the pretentious, we'll
guarded tomb in the capital, the
resting place of the Unknown
Civilian is nothing but a simple,
grassy mound along a railroad
right-of-way two miles east Of
Stager, Michigan.
For 60 years, however, this
plain grave has been kept up,
and accorded as much reverent
care as Arlington~-except that
in this case IL is kept neat and
trim by railroad workers.
No one, however, knows who