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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
RatiOning Calendar

So that you may keep in mind the
important wartime ra-
tioning dates, the Bluffton News ID
this weekly reminder:
MEATS, BUTTER, CHEESE.
CANNED MILK-Book red
stamps AS thru rs, AS thru
SIS good for 10 points each
under token rationing indefinite
ly.
PRoCESSED FOODS-Book
Blue stamps AS, thru rs and
As thru VS., good for 10 points
each under token rationing in
definitely.
Five new blue stamps becoming
good on Friday, Dec. | are Ks,
Y-5, rs, AZ and b..
GASOLINE-Stamp Ala in
new book good for 4 gallons of
gasoline thru December 81.
SUGAR-Stamps SO, 81, 81, 33
and 81 i'm Book good for
pounds sugar indefinitely. Stamp
40 good for s pounds under can
ming allotments until Feb. 2S.
1916.
SH0ES-Airplane stamps /. z
and in Ration Book No. 3 good
indefinitely.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Scouts To Gather
Waste Paper Here

Bluffton Boy Scout Troops will in
augurate a regular monthly collec-
tion of waste paper, starting Satur-
day, it was announced the first of
the week.
Collection will be made on the
second Saturday of each month; in
event of bad weather collection will
be made on the following Saturday.
The towns two scout troops will
make the collection on alternate
months.
Both magazines and newspapers
will be gathered and should be tied
in bundles for easy handling and
placed on the front porch steps by
1890 p. m. next Saturday Paper
gathered here is shredded and used
for packing purposes in a local de-
fense plant.
The Bluffton Scout troops have
,, gathered more than 80 tons of
paper this year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Former Resident
Killed In Action

1t. Gerald Faze, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Faze of Cairo, was killed
in action in the fighting in Germany
November 13, according to word re-
ceived by his parents, Tuesday. He
was connected with an infantry reg
iment.
The family formerly resided in
Bluffton for a short time living on
Sorth Jackson street. 1t. Faze was
nephew of Paul Faze residing
south of Bluffton and Mrs. Wilbur
Sumney of near Lafayette.
Other survivors are his wife of
Lima; two brothers Leonard of
Newport News, Va, and Jimmy at
home and one sister, Mrs. F. NJ.
Ammon, Jr., of Columbia, s. Car
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Home From South
Pacific For Xmas

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Lehman of
Lima, former Bluffton residents have
received word that their son, S/Sgt.
ROLAND r. Lehman who spent the
past twenty-six months in the South
west Pacific war theatre will be
home for the holidays.
Sgt. Lehman who recently arrived
in this country from overseas is at
present with his wife in Nashville,
Tenn, and the couple expect to ar
rive in Lima, December is.
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BIuft0n NdtiUe
Killed In Action

Otto James Owens, %, Bluffton
native, was killed November in
action in Germany, it was learned
here the first of the week. Owens,
who served in the Army Engineering
corps was the son of the late DIR.
Otto Owens and a grandson of the
late A. j. Owens of this place.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Mary Owens of Youngstown and two
brother Drs. A. J. Owens in the
Army Medical corps stationed in
Panama and DR.. James Francis
Owens, inferno in a st. Paul, Mimi,
hospital.
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In New Locations

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Warkentin
moved the first of the week from the
Hankish apartments above Todd's
grocery to the Jacob Althaus prop
erty six miles west of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clark will
move from the w. Fl. Gratz apart
ments on South Lawn avenue into
the apartment vacated by Mr.. and
Mrs. Warkentin.
Robert Schafer of Vaughnsville has
rented the Andrew Gratz farm near
Bluffton and expects to move on the
place soon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Ample Supply Of Christmas Trees
Predicted For Holiday This Year

This years supply of Christmas
trees probably will be ample to sat
lsfy the holiday needs of Bluffton
area residents, according to an an
nouncement made this week by Office
of War Information officials in this
area.
At the same time, buyers are
warned against "over-zealous buy
ing" as that might create an arti-
fetal shortage followed by a waste
of trees.
In 1943 consumer anxiety about
the availability of Christmas trees.
spurred by initial slow deliveries to
retailers, led to high prices. Fol-
lowing that there was a glut of trees
on the market at Christmas time.
Many surplus trees sold for prac-
tically nothing on Christmas eve
and a sizable leftover had to be de-
stroyed.
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TRUCK
DEMOLlSHES LIVING
ROOM OF HOUSE
Transport Truck Crashes Thru
Side of Leon HauenStein
Home Friday Night
Car Driven by Lester Niswander
Is Damaged in Mishap; No
One Is Injured

Skidding on q pavement covered
with the first snowfall of the season,
a heavily loaded transport truck
crashed into the living room of the
residence of Leon Hauenstein on
North Main street a few minutes be-
fore midnight, Friday.
The accident occurred after the
northbound truck collided with an
automobile driven by Lester Mis-
wander of North Lawn avenue as
the latter, also northbound, was max
ing a left turn onto jefferson street
The truck struck the side of Mis-
wander's car and then skidded thru
the driveway of the Mobilgas filling
station on the corner and crashed
into the Hauenstein residence, a dis
tance of los feet.
No ONE INJURED
With Niswander in his car were
his wife and their 13-year-old son
Robert, all of whom were unhurt.
William Johnson, 20, of Muncie,
Ind, driver of the truck also es-
capped injury.
One side of Niswander's car was
caved in and the front of the truck
was badly damaged when it crashed
thru the side of Hauenstein's resi-
dence. The truck is owned by the
McClain Trucking Co., of Muncie
and was enroute to Detroit with a
load of castings.
HOUSE DAMAGED
Principal damage was to the Hau-
enstein residence where the truck
crashed thru the walls of the home
and into the living room. All the
rooms furnishings, including chairs
and a table, were demolished, and
the only item which escaped damage
was a radio sitting in a far corner
of the room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hauenstein and
their two sons had retired only a
short time before the mishap oc-
Cured. They had occupied the liv-
ing room during the evening.
Niswander's car and the truck
both were travelling north on Main
street, and the accident occurred as
Niswander started to turn left or
Jefferson street. Johnson, following
in the truck, applied his brakes in
front of the Eugene Basinger resi-
dence, but the vehicle went into q
skid diagonally across the street.
A canvass tarpulin was placed
over the gap in the wall of the
Hauenstein home awaiting repairs
Damage to the building is covered
by insurance.
The accident was the second with.
in week on North Main street. Or
the preceding Saturday night 9
truck overturned in the business
section as it iacknifed when the
driver unsuccessfully sought to avoic
Jack Filhart, pedestrian who was
crossing the street. Filhart wa'
struck by the truck and instantl,
killed when he was buried under tht
cargo of the overturned vehicle.
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Return From Bedside
Of Father Very I'LL

Supt and Mrs. Lanham and two
daughters of West College avenue
returned the first of the week from
Harrisonburg, Va, where they were
called because of the condition of
his father NJ. L. Lanham, 72, who
is critically i'll with double pneu-
monia at Rockingham Memorial hos
pital in Harrisonburg. His condi-
tion was reported improved We'd
nesday morning.
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Daily Bible Reading

In the nationwide Bible reading
from Thanksgiving to Christmas,
the daily selections for the current
week are:
Wednesday, Hebrews II; Thurs
day, Matthew 7; Friday, John Is;
Saturday, Psalm 27; Sunday, Isaiah
So; Monday, Psalm 121; Tuesday,
Philippians 4; Wednesday, Revela-
tion 21.
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Hiuh School Xmas
Vespers On Sunday

Annual Christmas vesper service
of the high. school musical organiza-
tions will be presented in program
at the auditorium, Sunday afternoon
at 4 o'clock, it is announced by Miss
Harriet Brate music supervisor.
Appearing on the program will be
the orchestra and band in instru-
mental numbers and the high school
chorus, girls and boys glee clubs in
vocal selections.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Man Is Struck BY
Hit-Skip DriUer

Raymond Amstutz was painfully
cut and bruised when struck by
hit-skip auto driver, Thursday night
at 6 o'clock. The accident occurred
as Amstutz was walking on the pave
ment a short distance from his home
on North Main street near the A. c.
& Y. railroad crossing.
The car, southbound coming into
town, was driving without lights
and did not stop after striking AM
stutz and knocking him to the pave
ment. His injuries were not serious.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Couple Married
So Years SUNDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. ID. C. Bixel of Lawn
avenue quietly observed their fifty
third wedding anniversary last Sun
day. An octet from the First Men
MONTE church serenaded them follow
ing the morning service and fam
lily dinner was enjoyed at the noon
hour. The couple has resided all
their married life at their present
location on Lawn avenue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Prof. Lantz Directs
"Wessidh" At Berne

Prof. Russell Lantz of Bluffton
college music department will direct
the rendition of The Messiah, Christ
mas oratorio at Berne, Ind, Sunday
night. The concert will be given in
the First Mennonite church at 1880
o'clock by a chorus of 153 voices.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Mennonite Sunday
School Officers

The First Mennonite Sunday
school has elected the following Off
GERS for the coming year:
Supt., John Boehr; sec.-treas.,
Dora Kirchhofer; assistant, Kenneth
Winkler; librarian, Geneyieve Buh-
Ter; assistant, Betty Holtkamp; Choir
lister, Mary Kathryn Ramseyer; as
sistant, Mrs. James Suter; pianist,
Alice Jean Bixel; assistant, Mary
Kathryn Bauman.
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High School League
Dinner Meeting Held

Faculty Manager Sidney c. Stet-
tier and Wilford o. Geiger, assist
ant, represented Bluffton High school
at a Western Buckeye league din
ner meeting Tuesday night in the
Argonne hotel at Lima. State Ath-
letic Commissioner Emswiler was the
speaker and trophy representing
the league football championship was
presented to the st. Marys grid team
which was undefeated in circuit play.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Births

Mr.. and Mrs. Bracy Crawfis are
the parents of a daughter born at
Bluffton hospital, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Agin of Midland,
Mich, are the parents of a son Gary
Lee, born at that place, Sunday.
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II. S. Grid Team
Guests Of Lions

Thirty members of the Button
High football squad were guests of
the Lions club at dinner meeting
Tuesday evening in the Walnut grill
Football and other movies were
shown to the group.
Evening star., 1944-03-15
T axe Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY,
POmp0sities to Avoid.

Once or twice recently I have
referred to certain speech POM
posities as stop lights" Serious
students of speech among my read
ers have suggested that I enlarge
upon this theme.
First, let us define a "stop light
as any mannerism or trick of
speech that causes the attention OF
the listener to be abruptly inter-
rupted and switched from what is
being said to how it is being said
glaring mispronunciations,
Criticisms, unnatural broad AS, an
overprecise or stilted manner Of
speech.
Radio speakers especially should
carefully avoid any affectation that
might prove to be tiresome or ir-
ritating. A lecturer would be
quick to sense any feeling of dis
pleasure among his audience. Not
50 with radio speakers. And q lis
tener once lost seldom II ever tunes
In again on q program that has
displeased him.
Especially vexatious, say my
readers, is the distortion of words
spelled with "r"-"lodge" for large,
hot" for heart, pot" for part,
sauce" for source, "ah me" for
army, fought" for fort, etc.
The softening or dropping Of "r"
Is, Of course, natural to some speak
ers, and 1t is not to be condemned
in informal speech in those Sec
tions where it is native. But r-less
speech is not a national character
istic, and radio listeners in many
parts of the country regard it with
distaste, especially when it is over
done, as is the case with a few
broadcasters who 60 to such ridicu-
lous extremes as, Lost night ah
flying foughts rawed ovah the hot
of Jummany, stotting lodge fahs
in many pots of Buhlin."
pamphlet, 100 Words Most Frequent
l3-eent). self addressed envelope TO
Frank Colby, in caro- Of this paper.
fReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1944-03-15
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
CUTLASS FISH
(Trichiurus lepturus).

Five feet long, with large mouth
full of sharp teeth and barbed
fangs, this fish looks anything but
pleasant as 1t swishes its slender
body through the water.
Cutlass fish inhabit the warmer
parts of the Atlantic and are very
abundant in the West Indies. They
seldom stray as far north as Mass
achusetts Bay. Some have been
taken on the Pacific Coast about
Lower California. They have been
been caught in lower Chesapeake
Bay and along the South Atlantic
Coast. In Puerto Rico the cutlass is
known by a very appropriate name,
machete. In some of its homes it is
ribbonflsh and scabbard fish.
There is but a single species in
our waters. We hear it spoken of
as the cutlass fish, and though not
abundant enough to be of CONNER
cial Importance it is said to be an
excellent food fish and is always in
demand at markets.
Perhaps the most striking thing
about this fish is its form. It is
slender and tapers to q pointed
whiplike tail, without caudal fin.
Evening star., 1944-03-15

The single low dorsal fin is very
long, having about 135 rays. 1t
originates behind the eye and fades
out in front of the tip of the tail.
The wicked mouth must seem
fearful to helpless neighbors. The
pointed snout above the gaping
mouth enables one to get a full view
of the lower jaw, which projects be-
yond the upper one.
The body OF the cutlass fish is
naked, and possibly for this reason
as well as because Of the slender
Evening star., 1944-03-15

Corps back from the wars, interviewed.
VOL. t0:30-Stefanis "eavotts,' Tsehai.
kowskys 6azonetta, Delibes' "puieaii
Polka and Dyorak's Largo Movement fsa.
fured.
W0p, 11:4S-WlIIiam Primrose, viola solo.
id. plays suite for the viola and orchestra
by Arthur BENJAMIN.
Evening star., 1944-03-15

shape it has been called the eel
fish. The body color is silvery, tips
of the jaws blackish, and there are
small dark spots on the distal parts
Spawning is in early June. Moth
ing is known OF the young fry at
present
Evening star., 1944-03-15

WMAL, 9:30-HaI Mcintyre from the Red
Cross War Fund rally Pueblo. Colo.
VOL, q:30-Barbara Luddy in Two Loves
Had She"
WI0P, t0:00-An all-5tephen Foster pro-
gram.
WMAl, t0:30-Guesis RosaIind Russell and
Joseph Gotten, Serqt. Tracy Tucker Of the Air
Evening star., 1944-03-15

pamphlet, 100 Words Most Frequent
ly Mispronounced, send stamped
(3-eenO, self addressed envelope TO
Frank Colby. in caro- of this paper.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1944-03-15

on THE AIR TODAY.
W0p, 8:00-Doothy Lamour and can
Daley guests.
VOL, 8:30-lina Romay sings "Siomping
al the Savoy" with Spanish lyrics.
W0P, 8:30-" "Cheekmaie."
WRC. 9:00-Vsitor Carole Lands.
WT0P, 9:00-Dennis Day. competition.
The echo., 1944-10-13

f-5 f. B. Courts, Meridian, Miss. has
reported to Keesler Field to take the
Army Air Forces Training Command
examinations to determine his quaIifi-
cations as a pre-aviation cadet.
As an applicant for training that
will make him a flying officer he will
be given series of medical and psy-
Geological tests at Keesler Field which
will indicate the type of air crew
training for which he is best suited
by aptitude and personal characteris-
tics. He will also take other classi-
tlcatlon tests to measure his technical
skills and aptitudes, and he will re-
celye a number of phases of military
training here. Upon successful COM
pletion of this processing, he will be
sent to the proper Army Air Forces
Training Command station to begin
his training as pilot, bombardier or
navigator, depending upon the posi-
ton for which he has been found best
qualified.
The echo., 1944-10-13
FOR SALE
NEGRO HISTORY BOOK

Negro History Book, -Ameri-
can World Almanac that gives ans
wers to questions never answered be-
fore in any book, proof the Queen Of
Sheba, Solomon, Cush, Abraham, Da-
vid, Ham and Jesus Christ were all
related by the Hamitic Blood Of the
great Black Race; also proof that on
the face of a paper Bill now in circu-
lation has the picture of a Negro.
Price, s1.10, 112 pages, postpaid. See
W. T. Gillespie, Agent, at 24O91@ 9Th
St., Meridian, Miss, or phone 855.
Adv.
The echo., 1944-10-13
SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL MEM.
BEERS OF LODGE NO. 200
NEW AUGUSTA, MISS.

The president, Mrs. Hattie Peay and
the members of lodge No. 200 at New
Augusta, are urgently requested to
be present Wednesday night, October
18th at 1880 for special meeting to
be held with reference to the death of
Wash fairfield, reported to have been
a member of this lodge. The meet
ing will be held at your regular meet
ing place.
The echo., 1944-10-13
LEAkFsVILLE

Lodge No. 344 a high day in
Cur lodge on the first Of this month.
The sermon was deli red by Rever-
end McSwain of Bct aont, Miss. and
also one by Rev. ia llson. We had
wonderful time. Amount of money
raised, s79.40 We are still boosting
the Fl. B. A.
w. H. J. Weaver, Reporter
The echo., 1944-10-13

The General President is asking that
you please govern yourselves accord
ingly.
General Secretary
The echo., 1944-10-13
Camp News

Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss, Oct. g.
Pvt. Olger Cornelius Twyner, Jr., col
ored, son of Mr.. Olger c. Twyner, Sr.
Evening star., 1944-01-26

Miss BnlkIev
Engaged to
Capt. Patton

Former Senator and Mrs. Robert ]
Bulkley have announced the engage.
ment of their daughter, Miss Kath.
|arine Bulkley, to Capt. John Fross
Patton, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w
Patton of Ashland, KY. The wedding
will take place shortly in Washing.
ton.
Miss Bulkley attended Hathaway.
Brown School in Cleveland and was
graduated from Holton Arms before
entering Vassar, where she gradu.
ated with the class of 1899. She IL
a member Of the Junior League anc
has devoted much time to volunteer
work with the Frontier Nursing Gen.
ter in Kentucky.
Capt. Patton was graduated from
Ohio State University in 1882 anG
from the law school at Harvard Uni
versity in 1885. He is stationed ir
Detroit with the Judge advocate.
division of the Army.
Evening star., 1944-01-26
By the Way
BETH BLAINE

The Charles Cresswell Blake
ney family is all out for the war
effort, he colonel in the regular
Army now overseas, the young
daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who
is always called "Tykle," a Jango
and a Junior Scout and Mrs.
Blakeney's war work activities
include both Red Cross and scout
work. AS chairman of the radio
committee for the Girl Scouts of
the District Of Columbia Mrs.
Blakeney does a splendid and
thorough job. She does a good
job on the radio committee for
the District Chapter of the Red
Cross too, handling most of their
radio interviews. And her very
first war work, and one that she
still keeps up, is her Gray Lady
work at Gallinger Hospital.
AS an Army wife Mrs. Blake
ney has lived in a great many
different places. "Tykle" was
born in Honolulu and when Col.
Blakeney was ordered to duty
on the War Department General
Staff here in Washington about
two and half years ago, it was
the fourth move for the Blake
neys in eight months!
Born in Salt Lake City, Mrs.
Blakeney graduated from Roland
Hall there, and took her first
dramatic training. Always inter-
ested in amateur dramatics she
kept that training up even after
her marriage-at various posts
where she and her husband hap
pened to be stationed. Then she
became interested in radio and
for sometime had her own COM
mercial program, doing the
scripts and appearing herself on
the programs.
1t was only natural that she
should find this radio experience
OF value in her Red Cross and
Girl Scout work. She is equally
interested in both, as you feel,
she would be in anything she
undertook. Completely natural
and fun loving she has a warm
and friendly manner and a great
sense of humor. She has no maid,
she told us, and manages to take
care of her own house herself,
which is another full-time job in
itself to most women. And she
manages to keep her very good
disposition.
Right now Mrs. Blakeney is es-
pecially interested in getting more
troop leaders for the Girl Scouts.
Five hundred more, she told us,
are needed to bring the District
Of Columbia up to its quota. Mrs.
Blakeney feels that being a Girl
or Boy Scout is not only fine
and morale building thing for
our young people in wartime, but
that the postwar world will be
much the better for having phys
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Nine. Cedergrem
'HOnOred at Tea

Nine. Hugo Cedergren of Stock
holm, niece of the King of Sweden,
who arrived in Washington last
week to attend an Executive Com
mittee meeting of the Worlds
YWCA, was guest of honor at a tea
yesterday at the home of Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone, wife of Chief
Justice Stone.
Nine. Cedergren spoke Informally
OF her work as Swedish representa-
tive Of the Worlds YWCA, visiting
internment camps in Germany and
Southern France. American women
and children in the German camps
are being encouraged along educa-
tlonal lines during their internment
Nine. Cedergren said, and are given
opportunity to study subjects which
will be of benefit upon their release.
Musical groups are permitted in the
camps, she added. with instruments
furnished by the YMCA, the YWCA
and the Red Cross. Women are
also given materials for sewing and
are kept busy with other domestic
occupations including mending and
laundering their clothes. Children
are also being educated, the speaker
continued, and American text books
are supplied to American children
who are taught in the English
language.
This is Nine. Cedergren's first
visit to the United States in &c
years, she explained. In 1924. her
desire to understand and improve
the status of working girls prompted
her to obtain employment incognitc
in leather factory In Chicago. She
worked there for two weeks until her
identity was disclosed, but during
that time she gained insight into
the lives of factory girls which she
declares has been of greatest as.
sistance in her work as YWCA rep.
lresentative.
The visitor came to this country
on a Red Cross steamer which she
explained was protected under agree.
ment with the Axis powers. She vii,
remain until March after a tour oi
Eastern cities.
CohosteSses with Mrs. Stone al
yesterdays tea were Mrs. Francis
B. Sayre and Mrs. Edwin B. Parker
Evening star., 1944-01-26
Sorority to Hold
Founders Day
DINNER Tomorrow

A founders day dinner will bs
held by Kappa Alpha Theta, ma
tional sorority, at $50 pm. tomor-
row at Henderson Castle, 1900 Six
teenth street NV.
The program will include the fol-
lowing speakers: Mrs. Virginia Man.
non, Mrs. Hale Shenefleld, Mrs.
Preston Kavanagh and Miss Eva
Adams.
Founded IA years ago at De Pauw
University, Greencastle, Ind, the
society has 81 chapters in the
United States and Canada and has
a membership of 25,000. Among the
falumnae are Marjorie Kinnan Raw
lings, novelist; Mary Beard, his
torian; Mary Margaret Mcbride,
radio commentator, and 1t. q. g.
Helen Jacobs, WAVE, former tennis
star.
Mrs. Marvin Barnum is in charge
of reservations and all Thetas are
invited to attend.