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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21
CUE PACK .
PLANS

The Cubpack committee ,f IL
derson Pack 30 met Wedn.,"I
night at the FIRST Methodist rhII'''S
with the district supervisor. n,,,","
executive and district conmit,na
man 10 complete reorganization nm,
formulate plans FOR activities of ~"
pack. John y. Cooper was Srlac,,4
~ Cubmastcr and reneW Cd jnfer,s,
in the work of the pack is antirir,,
cd under his direction.
The den mothers have done riro
work in holding. the pack tope,ba.
through the past Jew months. r o.,.
stated. Now that school has openrt
and the prevalence of polio has
abated. intensive activities of 'ho
dens and the pack are planned and
the committee bespeakS the coon
Grafton Of the public 10 this work.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21

"Petonga promptly brought the re-
lief needed. The distress from gas,
constipation and indigestion We're
soon relieved, and l began to eat,
sleep and feel like a different person.
feel like l could make a trip around
the world. Retonga is far ahead of
any medicine | ever tried"
Retonga is intended to relieve dis
tfess Que to loss of appetite, Vitamin
B-l deficiency and constipation. Ac-
cept no substitute. Retonga may be
obtained at PARKER'S DRUG
STORE. Adv.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21
Stock Trends
Are Obscure

New York, Sept. 2l-(AP)-Selcc-
tive StrtngG.l persisted II todav'S
stock market, although trends on the
Whole notably obscure.
OCCASIONAL advances included L S.
Rubber, General Motors and DUPONT.
Among laggardS We're L. S. Steel.
Douglas Aircraft and Chrvsler.
Most nuts + made more digestible
by being ground into nut butter.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21

Byron Brown, Of WarrentOn, anG
Eleanor &. Aston, OF LOulsburg, col
cred, were granted a marriage license
at the register Of deeds office yes
teTlay.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21
CHIMNEY K OUT

A chimney burning out called fire
men to the home Of Mrs. +. N. Bailey,
On Nicholas street, at 9:55 O'clock
today. No damage was reported.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21
AROUND TOWN
DRUNK CASE

Arthur Povthress, white, was tried
in police court today for public
drunkenness and was taxed with
court costs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21
Declines Slow
Cotton Trade

New York, Sept, 2l-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened Is to 80 cents a
bale lower.
Noon prices were IS to so cents a
bale lower. October 2l.43, December
2l,3O, March 2l.l3.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21

ot-er considerations in a dssJ e
corded yesterday al the register OF
deeds tffice.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21
f MEN TO MEET

Mohawk Tribe No. SO, Improved
Order of Red Men, viii meet Fri
day night at 7:30 o'clock, it was
announced today. All members are
urped 70 attend.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-09-21
COUNTRY CLUB ROAD LOT

J. H. Brodie and wife sold to B.
H. Nixon and wife a lot on the West
hnd Country club road for $40 and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01
Miss Schmidt
Vows


Ann Arbor. Mich. Aug. Rev.
Theodore r. schmale OF the Beth
lehem Evangelical and Reformed
Church otieiated at the marriage
service OF Miss Amelita Schmidt,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Elsry
Schmidt, and Harold G. Ristine. son
OF Mrs. George Ristine. at 7 o'clock
saturda night al the home OF the
brides parents. The wedding. at.
tended by about IS guests, was
followed by reception.
The couple stood at one end %
the living room in front OF an i'm
proyised altar which was banked
by palms, baskets OF mixed shades
OF gladioli and tall candlabra hold
Ing ivory candles. Miss Schmidt
was given in marriage by her
father, and her sister. Miss Alice
Schmidt, played the wedding music.
The wedding dress Miss Schmidt
wore was OF frosted Swiss organdy
with bouifant skirt. fitted bodice
and pulled sleeves and ruchine
around the neCkline Her head
dress was OF carnations and she.
carried bouquet OF Johanna Hin
roses and Swainsona. Her maid OF
honor and only attendant. Miss
Frances l.. Gilman. T.. Washington
st, wore a dress OF pink marquisite
and carried rapture roses and
swainsona. George p McCallum,
Jr.. White St, was best man.
At the reception which followed
the ceremony. Mrs Schmidt used
ivory tapers on the table which
was centered by TERED wedding
cake. Miss Floyd V, Wuerth. her
aunt. Mrs. Henry Deters, and Mrs.
James b. Birch, cousins. all OF Ann
Arbor, and Mrs. James Mckee
Reed, Grand Rapids. her sister.
poured. Miss Patricia Schmidt had
charge or the guest book Follow
Ing the reception the couple left
for a weeks vacation al a nearby
lake after which they will reside
at $50 s Seventh ST.
Mrs Rlstine Ia now employed in
tho ONCE OF Cummins and Barnard
Inc. Mr. RiStlne was engaged in
reportorial work before his Undue
ton into the Armed Forces In De-
cember. 1912 Following his re-
lease from the Army in May. 1919.
he became connected with King
Seeley.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01
Camp
Season Ends

Camp Newkirk. Boy Scout Camp
on the Huron River near Dexter.
closed Its 10Th season Saturday
with Camp Director Donald Drake
reporting the 1894 season as one
or the best years in the long his.
tory OF the camp. Although the
Boy Scout program closed Satur.
day the camp will be used through.
out the month OF August by the
Ann Arbor Girl Scout Council
The summer program at tho
camp has included such activities
as swimming, boating. hiking. ma.
ture lore, handicraft, advancement.
camptres. first aid and canoeing.
The stan, In addition 10 Camp
Director Drake included Assistant
Director Phillip Savage. chef. Mrs.
Florence Davis; Russell Gabriel.
Bruce Poster. Hernon Young. John
Hathaway, Everett Jersen, Conrad
Greim, David Nelson.
Camp Newkirk is under the dI.
rection OF camp committe head.
ed by Clarence Mum. Other mem.
bers Of the committee are: o. F..
Roszel. Donal s. Burns, Y. Clyde
Ford. Walter MacPeek. Phillip r.
Savage. Robert Cameron. r. s.
Lindberg. II. n. Hariton. George
MacDougall, Rev. Carl Strange, DR..
W. y. Stribley, Kenneth Heininger,
Nicholas Schneider. Jack Hold VI.
D., Layerne Taylor, John Morrow.
X y Poster, John Barr and Harold
Lawson.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01
Pfc. r. H. Smith
Wounded Badly

Ann Arbor. Mich. Aug. Mrs.
Alice Smith, $40 Center Dr.. receiv.
cd a telegram from the War De-
partment informing her that her
husband. Pfc. Robert II. Smith, had
been seriously wounded July .. In
action in France.
Pfc. Smith, 30. has been in the
infantry overseas since May 29.
His wife received the Purple Heart
awarded him for being wounded in
combat.
He was a mail carrier in Ann Ar
Dor Post once before he entered
the service March 90. 1913 He In
the son OF Mr. and Mrs Edwin ~.
Smith, 1855 Wilmot ST.
Pfc. Smith received his training
at Camp Butner, North Carolina,
Camp Pickett. Va, and Fort
George, Md He was graduated in
1888 from Ann Arbor High School.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01
Meyer Peterson
Vows Exchanged

Ann Arbor. Mich. Aug. Miss
Virginia A. Meyer, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Meyer. PApline
Blvd, became the bride OF Harold
{. Peterson. Ann Arbor. son OF Mr..
and Mrs. A. o. Peterson, Willma-.
Mimi, In the rectory OF ST. Tho
mas Catholic Church Saturday
night. Rev. Robert Allen oflciated
at the ceremony.
Sister OF the bride, Mrs. William
Betke, was matron OF honor and
Vincent Swickerath, best man. both
OF Ann Arbor.
A dinner for the immediate fam
lily was given following the cere.
mony at the home OF tho brides
parents.
Both Mr.. Peterson and his bride
are employed at Argus Inc They
will make their home on w. Hoover
Ave, Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01
Announcement
Auction Sale

20 SOUTH HAMILTON STREET
YPsILANTi. THURSDAY. AUG.
3rd Commencing a. 1880 p. m,
This sale consists OF large
quantity OF furniture and home
furnishings OF the late Mrs
kIttie J.. clark. such az bedding.
goose feather ticks, pillows,
ironing board. card tables. cleo
trio toaster, electric irons. sew
Ing cabinet. ssveral reading
lamps NarEe and smAlD, six oak
dining room chairs, rocking
chairs, stands, pedtstals. porch
furniture. glider with pad.
dressers. overstuffed chairs,
quantity OF lace curtains. clock.
two copper boilers wash tub,
radio, cooking utensils. dining
room table. sewing table. day
bed, mattress, dish pans. milk
strRlner colanders. rag rugs,
quantity OF pictures, and
frames. three high back oak
chairs, fishing tackle. reel, pole
and lines, smoking stands. large
and small flling cabinets. thras
pair drapes. step ladders. dish
es. such as plates, cups. sAucers.
LOT on small tools, mirrors, large
and snail venetian blinds. new
window awnings and many pisc-
- OF antiques
NOTICE - clifford Goldsmith
VIII have many pieces OF home
furnishings In this sale. Mrs.
Leah knowles viii also have
large assortment OF furniture.
Terms Cash. Guy y. Thompson,
Auctioneer. t0i Ferris Street.
Phone ItCA-I
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01
Training to be
Given Veterans

Washington. Aug. -AP- Re-
turning war veterans may use the
facilities OF federal agencies In
training for government Jobs, Vet
Grams Administrator Frank T.
Hines reported Monday
His agency will train veterans
by the on-the.job method in as
many az possible Of the various
agencies" Hines said, using their
space. equipment instructional ma
terlal and instructor personnel.
Hines made his remarks in
letter 10 Rep. Green (D-FlaD In
which he reported favorably on
suggested training program offered
by II. F.. Bolan, head OF the Madi-
son. Fla, soil conservation service
ONCE.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01
Corporal Conway
Wounded, France

Ann Arbor. Mich. Aug. Word
has been received that cpl Harold
F. Conway, 25 year old paratroop.
or was wounded in action June s in
France. His mother, Mrs Adeline
Conway. lives at 700 Arch St, Ann
Arbor.
A machine gun barrage IL
thought 10 have been the cause Of
the wounds He is now hospitaliz-
ed I'm England
A graduate OF Holyoke High
School HoIyoke, Mass CPL Con.
way was employed az Hoover Ball
and Bearing co. before his Undue
ton In the Army March 3. 1871.
While serving with the Army az
Camp Ham. California. he volun-
teered for duty with the paratroops.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01
DEPLoREs CRITICISM

Detroit, Aug. l--AP-CIO Presi.
dent Philip Murray addressing an
estimated 10000 persons at a un.
ion gathering on Belle Isle Sun.
day deplored criticism OF the CLOS
part in national politics. Murray
characterized the opposition TO
clio activities as notorious" and
said II reached it's high point 3t
the time ~ the Democratic conyen-
ton Ia Chicago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01
Legal Notices
FIRST ANNUAL ACcoURT
or EXHOUFOR


STATE or MICHIGAN. TIL. Pro.
bate Court for County OF Wash
tenaw
Al session NJ said Court. held at
tia Probate office In tho CITY OF
27th day OF July, \. ID 1910.
Present. Hon. Jay q. Pray Judge
OF Probate.
In the Matter OF the Esta,. OF
Kenneth v. Ferguson, also known
as Kenneth Van norman Ferguson,
also known as X. ". Ferguson.
Deceased
Edythe Madeleine Ferguson having
filed In said Court her first annual
account as Executor OF said Ss-
tate, and her petition praying for
the allowance thereof.
IL IN Ordered. That tho 2Sth day
OF August, A. u. l9fi. at ten o..
clock In the forenoon. ~ said Probate
Office be and II hereby appointed
for examining pnd allowing said ac-
count
II ia Further Ordered. That public
notice thereof DO given by publica-
tton OF a copy OF this order. for three
successive weeks prsyious To said
day OF hearing, I'm tho Ypsilantl
Daily Press, newspaper printed
and circulated In said County.
JAY G. PRAY. Judge OF Probate
A true copy
NORA .. BORGERT.
Register OF Probate
adv 2-Sl5
STATE or MICHIGAN, Probate
Court for the County OF Wsshte.
nav.
In the Matter OF tho Change Of
name Of MARIAN WALTERS YOHN
TO MARIAN WALTERS DoBBIE
At session OF said court held in
the Probate OFFICE in the Court
House In the city OF Ann Arbor,
Washtenaw County, Michigan. tho
nth day 81 July 1914
PRESENT: Hon. jay q. Pray. Pro.
bate Judge.
ON reading and fllinK tho petit.
tlon OF Marian Walters Yohn for
change of name TO Marian Walters
Dobble;
1T IS HEREBY ORDERED. that
Monday the 2lst day OF August, A.
ID, l9t4, ~ four o'clock In the after.
noon, at tho Probate office in the
Court House In the City OF Anr
| Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan
! Is set for the time aud piac. 10,
hearing said Petition.
~ Is FURTHER ORDERED that
publication Of this order be made a.
provided In sections % 10 AZ OF
1heptcr one or Act 2Ss OF tho pub.
nc Acts OF 1899. and that such pub-
nehuon be mnde In Ypsiiani Daily
FIess newspaper printed and cir.
cuIaung IN the County OF Waahte.
nav, Michigan
JAY q. PRAY,
,uv' '-Sol Probate Judge
. INVITATION TO BID
Michigan state Normal Coit.u.
VIII receive bids on any or nil ~
the several structures at GIG W
Forest Ave, subject 10 condltiop,
winch Will be furnished by vendor,
',,ery or proposals shall be made
10 Mr. g. =. steimIe NJ tba 0.nsra5
ONCE Of the College before two n
Nv, H. w T, Monday. August <
l'44. Bidders may call upon Mr.
FRED Lambert. Building superinien-
uent OF Michigan state Normal
college, for further expIanation ~
conditions OF sale.
adv S05-S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01

500 e. FOREST
Spacious living room with fire
place. Full dining room. Large
kitchen with table space and
extra cupboards. bedrooms,
bathroom. Oil-flred furnace,
laundry tubs, screens, etc. Hard
wood floors upstairs and down.
Perfect condition. other attrac-
tive homes in Prospect Park
Subdivision. Down payments
$500 up.
<. Rodgers Sylvester
Realtor
S07 E. Forest Ave. Phone As
Branch office 201l Harding
CAPE CoD-immediate possession.
Large living room. Very modern
kitchen. large bedrooms, bath.
4 large clos cts. First floor, un-
finished bedrooms on second
floor. Forced air heat. Automatic
electric water heater. Large lot.
IN miles west Of Ypsilanti. All
Shanklin, Realtor, 307 S. Fifth
Ave. Ann Arbor. Phone $3.50.
LEAVING FOR SOUTH on account
Of i'll health, VIII trade my equity
in s room home with bath. new
furnace, garage, so II. lot on Bel
leville Lake. On bus line 10 Bomb
er Plant for 1912 Sedan in excel
lent condition. Call 4l4 High St.
Belleville.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-01

So TT. MICHIGAN AVENUE
down town business frontage.
over 3l5 II. in depth. Attrac.
tive room modern income
house. II. Peet, Realtor, llS
Pearl St, Phone 1871.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
G. X. and Blue Triangle
BIuffton College Notes

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connectloh win tf'e Nura. A'iie Non-
terence Al 4'Vo lnat AFTERNOON nc
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Wedding At Army
Chapel In Texas

In the post chapel at Keesler
Field, Miss, on Sunday, Nov 26,
Miss Georgia Fisher, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Fisher, of Bluff
ton, was united in marriage with
Pvt. Richard James Reiter, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Reiter, of Mt,
Cory.
Capt. Floyd W. Shirey, post chap
lain, officiated at the double ring
ceremony. Bouquets of red and
white carnations and lighted candles
decorated the chapel altar, above
which was a white satin cross.
The bride was attired in blue
tailored suit, with winter white and
black accessories, and wore cor
sage of crimson and white carna-
tions.
Mrs. Lehr Green, sister of the
bridegroom, attended the bride as
matron of honor, wearing a sequin-
trimmed black crepe dress, with
white accessories. Her flowers were
white carnations.
Pvt. Albert L. Lamey, of Lock-
haven, Pa, acted as best man for
Pvt Reiter.
After the ceremony a supper was
given at the French club for the
bridal couple. The bridegroom's
mother attended the wedding and
supper.
For the present the couple will
reside at the Avelez hotel in Biloxi,
Miss.
The bride is a graduate of Bluff
ton high school, and was employed
at the Lima Locomotive Works, Inc,
for the last year and half. The
bridegroom was graduated from Mt.
Cory high school, and prior to en-,
tering the service was employed at
TIE Lima Locomotive works.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07

lily, enroute to the United States, vas
forced to remain in France when war
was declared.
She started to work in a Mennonite
Central Committee relief office in
France, and later was married to
Henry Butler, an MCC worker. Their
years internment at Baden Baden,
Germany, beginning two months after
their marriage, ended when they were
returned on the Gripsholm to the
United States in March, 1914. Mrs
Butler had become a Christian and a
member of the Mennonite church
through the testimony of the relief
workers in France.
Contestants from Bluffton and vi
T, cinity in the amateur program Decem-
Der in the college chapel were: violin
solo, Camilla Gorby, Bluffton College;
humorous reading, Frances Bencken-
back, Bluffton college; rubber band
"solo", David Rosenberger, Bluffton
college; Bottle Babes, the pop bottle
ensemble directed by Mary K. Ram
seyer, Phyllis Hartzler, Agnes Suter,
Lois Sommer, Celia Amstutz, Treva
Arrants, Clymenia Harmon, Margar-
ct Chase, Marguerite Jones, Bluffton
college; Bluffton High School girls
trio, Sarah Amstutz, Jean Ann Stein
man, and Alice Jean Bixel; trumpet
solo, Gordon Neuenschwander, Bluff
ton college; piano duet, Carolyn Will
cox and Wayne Hostetler, Bluffton
college; vocal solo, Sandra Berry
Bluffton; Bluffton High School boys
trio, Otto Klassen, Dean Niswander
Robert Gratz; whistling solo, Helen
Arters, Bluffton college; organ solo
Elizabeth Waterstraw, Bluffton col
lege; instrumental trio, Treva Ar
rants, violin, Marguerite Jones, piano
Bluffton college, and Robert Marshall
flute, Button; cello solo, Roberta
Manages, Bluffton college. First prize
was awarded to Gordon Neuenschwan-
der and second prize to the girls trio
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Blufton Seaman,
Married In Elida

The marriage of Miss Nora
Holmes, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roscoe 1. Holmes, of Elda formerly
of Biuffton, and Joseph H. Swank,
petty officer first class, I. S. Navy,
son of George Swank of Bluffton,
was performed by candlelight Tues
day evening, Nov. 28,a $50 o'clock
in the Methodist parsonage at Elida
with the Rev. c. S. Heininger Off
ciating at the double ring ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gaiffe, of
Bluffton, the latter a sister of the
bride, were the only attendants.
For her wedding the. bride chose
street-length frock of royal blue
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07

Roy Umble, son of John umble,
professor of speech and field secretary
of Goshen College, was campus Wis
itor the past week. He had nearly
completed his work for his Ph. d. de-
gree at Pittsburgh before he was
drafted, and is now a liaison officer
for the Mennonite Central Committee
with an office at Akron, Pennsylvania.
Recently he was educational director
at the Denison, Iowa, CPS camp. In
September he was assigned his pres
ent position, to standardize and over
see work for college credits in CPS
camps.
Lynn Rohrbagh, director of the
Delaware cooperative Recreation
Society, Delaware, Ohio, will lead folk
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
OUerhedted StOUe
Starts Fire Here

Fire, originating from an over
heated stove resulted in a fire alarm
Saturday morning at 1880 o'clock
calling the department to the former
Scott & Ewing building on Cherry
street. Damage was negligible.
The building was recently pur-
chased by the Steinman Lumber COM
pany and the fire originated from
a stove which had been set up for
workmen engaged in dismantling the
place.
News Want-Ads Bring Results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07

velvet designed with sweetheart
neckline and short sleeves, and a
sequin hat and veil in matching blue.
Her flowers We're a corsage of pink
carnations and and her only orna-
ment was strand of pearls, a
gift Of the bridegroom.
Mrs. Gaiffe was attired in a brown
wool suit, and wore a gold hat with
brown veil, and a corsage of white
carnations.
The bride is a graduate of Elida
high school, and is employed in the
personnel department of the Lima
Tank Depot.
Petty Officer Swank, who has Just
returned from 32-months sea duty
in the Pacific, was graduated from
Bluffton high school and enlisted in
the Navy in 1871.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Seabees Recruiting
Officer Here Friddy

Navy Recruiter Chief Sanzenbach-
er will be at the Bluffton post office
every Friday noon to interview men
interested in enlisting in the Sea-
bees.
Applicants between the ages of Is
and 81 may enter the Seabees thru
the voluntary induction route while
those from 81 to so may volunteer
as Naval enlistees.
Needed are craftsmen, carpenters
electricians, welders, riggers, pipe
filters, plumbers, surveyors, crane
bulldozers and grader operators.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Obituary

Kathleen Miller Wenger was born
October 13. 1912, the daughter of
Charles and Bertha Amstutz Miller.
During infancy she was brought to
the Lord in Holy Baptism and after
due instruction in the Word OF God
and doctrines of the Reformed
Church she was confirmed and re-
ceived into the communion of St.
Johns Evangelical d Reformed
Church of which she was MEM
Der at the time of death.
During her youth Mrs. Wenger
attended the Bluffton schools. After
graduation she attended the North
western School of Commerce at
Lima, Ohio.
On June 28, 1886, she was united
in Holy Marriage to Harold Wenger,
by the Rev. A. K. Beisheim, making
their home in Bluffton.
Mrs. Wenger was well known IN
tie community, loved by all who
knew her being known for her spirit
of helping others when in need. She
was member of the Eastern Star
Lodge.
Her course on earth being com
plete God called her from this life
on Friday evening, Dec. /, after n
tragic accident, having reached the
age of 80 years, one month and 10
days. Left to mourn her passing
are her husband Harold; parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Miller; three
sisters, Mrs. Margaret Brauen, Mrs.
Jane Baker, and Mrs. Christine
Wenger, and one brother Lieut..
James Miller and host of relatives
and friends The final resting place
of the departed is Maple Grove
Cemetery.
The family wishes to thank all
those who expressed their sympathy
by kind words and flowers, those who
assisted in any way, also minister
and pallbearers and the singers who
sang during this the death of the
dear wife and daughter. "The Lord
gave and the Lord hath taken away;
Blessed be the name of the Lord. ,
HE LIVED A LIFE
What was his creed?
| do not know his creed, | only know
That here below, he walked the com
mon road
And lifted many load, lightened
the task,
Frightened the day for others toll
ing on a weary way:
This, his only need; | do not know
his creed.
What was his creed? l never neard
him speak
Of visions rapturous, of Alpine peak
Of doctrine, dogma new or old;
But this l know, he was forever bolc
To stand alone, to face the challenge
of each day,
And live the truth, so lar as M
could see
The truth thae evermore makes free
His creed? | care not what his creed
Enough that never yielded he to greed
But served a brother in his dali!
need;
Plucked many thorn and planted
many a flower;
Gloriied the service of each hour
Had faith in God, himself and fel
low-men;
Perchance he never thought in term
of creed;
l only know he lived life, in deed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07

day morning at 9:15 o'clock. Two
films. "Western Front" and Divide
and Conquer, will be shown.