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Evening star., 1944-04-20

and Is now on temporary duty at
the Navy Department.
In setting of palms, which
formed background for a profu-
sion of white flowers, with lighted
tapers on the altar, Miss Victoria
Brammell, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Berton Brammell, be-
came the bride last evening of Mr..
Sanford P. Thompson, son of MIR.
and Mrs. Lorimer L. Thompson of
Tribes Hill, N. Y.
The Rev. John w. Rustin off,
ciated at the 8 o'clock ceremony,
which was held at the Mount ver-
non Place Methodist Church, fol-
lowing program of organ music
by Mr.. E. Woodley Kalehoff.
Escorted to the altar and given
In marriage by her father, the bride
wore a gown of white chiffon and
lace, and her fingertip veil fell from
seed pearl coronet. She carried
an old-fashioned bouquet of white
roses and carnations.
The brides sister, Mrs. Forrest
Payne, was her matron of honor
wearing an aqua-color marquisette
gown, and she also carried an old
fashioned bouquet which was
formed of early spring flowers. Miss
Peggy Wells, the maid of honor, was
in peach marquisette which har-
monized with her bouquet of vari-
colored flowers.
The bridegroom's father, Mr..
Thompson, served as best man and
the ushers were Mr.. David Alburger
of Philadelphia and Mr.. Sidney
Smith of Montezuma, Ga. A recep-
tion at the home of the brides
parents on Massachusetts, avenue
followed the ceremony.
Yesterdays bride is graduate of
Woodrow Wilson High School and
she attended Union College in
Schenectady. Mr.. Thompson was
graduated from Yale University,
class of 1943, and he now is a
physicist employed in the Navy De-
partment.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
AnctiOneers Picked
For Fair of Fnres'

Maj. John Thomas and Oscar
Chapman will be auctioneers at the
white elephant sale, to be featured
at the Fair for Fares" given by
the Voteless District League Of
Women Voters from 3 pm. to Z pm.
tomorrow. The benefit will finance
the expenses Of the leagues delegates
and their, alternates to the national
convention April Is through April
l28 IN Chicago. It win be held at the
home or Mrs. Thomas G. BlaisdelI,
jr., 1881 Thirty. first street NV.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
To Visit Here

Mr.. Donald Mangum, aviation
ordnance 1st class and Mrs. Man
gum, whose marriage took place in
December In Oakland, Calf. are
expected in the capital shortly for
a visit.
( Mrs. Mangum before her marriage
was Miss Jewel Clara Frank
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G.
Frank of Sylvania, Ohio. The bride-
groom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. r. Mangum of this city.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
BHrkes Are Hosts
At Dinner Partv

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burke were
hosts at dinner last evening, enter.
tanning before the Chamber Music
Guild concert. Their guests were
Nine. Diamantopoulos, wife of the
Greek Minister; Nine. LIE Calais
wife Of the Luxembourg Minister;
Brig. Gen. A. G. Sykes and Mr.
Thomas w. Bowers.
Mrs. Demarest Lloyd entertained
at reception last evening following
the concert in compliment to Miss
Eileen Farrell, the guest artist.
Evening star., 1944-04-20

MISS JEAN PELZMAN.
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Louis
B. Pelzman announce the en-
gagement OF their daughter,
Miss Jean Pelsman, to 1t.
q. g. Charles /. Grob, U. S.
N. r., son OF Mrs. John Grob
OF Lynn, Mass, and the late
Mr.. Grob.
Miss Pelsn1an is q graduate
OF George Washington Uni
Uersity. 1t. Grob is a graduate
OF Dartmouth College and the
Amos Tuck School OF Business
Administration. He is on
duty at the Navy Yard in
Washington. -HeSSler Photo.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
WOmen to See Film

An informal buffet supper fol-
lowed by a special showing of the
film, Desert Victory" will be spon-
sored at Z o'clock tonight by the
Hospitality Committee of the Wom-
ems National Democratic Club. Mrs.
Albert Cox, wife of Brig. Gen.
Cox, is chairman of the committee
in charge of the program. Members
and their, guests will attend.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Rabbi to Sbeak

'The Role of Jewish Women ir
History" will be told by Rabbi Sam
uel Berkowitz at q service for the
Womenis League of the Arlington
Jewish Community Center at 8:3(
pm. tomorrow at $3.50 Wilson
bulevard. The public Is invited
This Is a series of Friday evening
services dedicated to the league.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Miss Walden
lis to- Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Walden Of
Little Rock, Ark. announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter Emma
Lou to 1t. Rome F. Schwagel, U. s.
N. r., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
A. Schwagel Of Dayton, Ohio.
The bride-elect was graduated in
1941 from Arkansas State Teachers
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Personal Items
OF Interest 49,.

Mrs. William Laird Dunlop, jr.
will entertain at a bridge party to.
morrow afternoon at the Club Of Co.
lonial Danes at 1900 New Hamp.
shire avenue. Tea will follow.
Evening star., 1944-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. william Bass Smith
celebrated their 50th wedding ami
versary Tuesday at a tea given at
their home, when relatives and
friends from Delaware, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey were among the
guests. Their daughter, Miss Ma
rian Smith, and the maid of honor
Of so years ago, Mrs. Harry j.
Guthrie, were in the receiving line
Mrs. j. Blaine Gwin of Arlington
left Tuesday evening for Denton,
Tex, where she will visit her daugh-
ter, Miss Florence S. Gwin, who is a
Junior at Texas State College for
Women. Mrs. Gwin and her daugh-
ter will spend a week end in Austin,
Tex, with Mrs. Gwin's brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
E. Bracy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Chernault
entertained informally at a birthday
anniversary party Monday evening
for their daughter, Miss jeanette
Chernault, who has left to spend two
weeks with her sister, Miss Mildred
Chernault in Tampa, Fla.
Others in the company included,
Maj. and Mrs. K. r. Erickson, Mrs.
John A. Williams, Mrs. Harold
Doveil, Mrs. Edward McNeice, Mrs.
Allen Buchanan, Miss Myrtle
Buchanan, Miss Dorothy Smith,
Miss Polly Dye, Miss Jean Kuhn,
Miss Bonny Hildreth, Miss Rotha
Stark and Miss Lucille Stiles.
Evening star., 1944-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Hoge-
land Of Cheyerly, Md, announce
the engagement Of their daughter
Miss Marjorie Elaine Hogeland, to
Capt. Daniel w. Riordan, A. A. F.. R.,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel p.
Riordan of this city.
Miss Hogeland is graduate of st.
Cecilia's Academy and she attended
Dunbarton College and the Wash
ington Musical Institute. Capt,
Riordan is a graduate OF Mckinley
High School and he attended Emer-
son Institute.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Mr.. James Claude johnson, mem
Der Of the House Of Delegates of
Maryland, and Mrs. johnson Of
Morganza, Md, announce the en-.
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Catherine Marie johnson, to Mr.
william Earl lie Clere; u. IS. N, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred lie Clere OF
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. No date has
been set for the wedding.
Evening star., 1944-04-20

In CAPITAL

MIR. and Mrs. Edgar McCarty
Wiley announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Mary Lee Wiley
to 1t. William Theron Bryant, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Freeman
Bryant of Bridgeton, Me.
Miss Wiley was graduated from
Fairfax High School and since then
has been employed at United
States Marine Corps headquarters
1t. Bryant is graduate of Bridge
ton High School, Colby College and
Boston University and he is an in
structor at the antiaircraft artillery
school at Camp Davis, S. c.
The wedding will take place April
% at Q o'clock in the afternoon at
the Fairfax Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1944-04-20

College and since then she has beer
a fight instructor at the Naval
Flight School in Conway, Ark.
1t. Schwagel is a graduate oi
Georgetown University foreign
service school, from which he re.
ceived the degree of master of arts
and he formerly was director of ath.
letics at Georgetown University. A,
present he is executive oficer ir
charge of the Navy CAA-WTS
School in Conway.
Evening star., 1944-04-20

Mrs. r. Harvey Stacy has return
ed to her home in Kenwood, follow
ing stay of eight weeks at Miami
Beach. Mrs. Thomas Daniels,
daughter of Mrs. Stacy, who ac-
companied her to Florida, Is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Stacey
for a few weeks before joining her
husband, Staff Sergt. Daniels, at
Fort Custer, Mich.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
TUO BIuftOn Entries
In livestock ShOlU

Two Bluffton youths, Arthur Neu-
enschwander, IA, and Allison Neu-
enschwander ,16, have exhibits in the
annual international Livestock show
in Chicago this week.
Arthur is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Neuenschwander, and Allison
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Neuenschwander, all of west OF
Bluffton. The two youths are cous-
ms.
Arthur's entry of two Shorthorn
and two Hereford steers in the Al
club exhibit is his third try in the
international show. Allison, who
has entered two purebred Angus
steers in the FLA exhibit is show.
ing for the first time.
Both are Bluffton High school stu
dents. Allison is in the junior class
and Arthur is a freshman. They
are members of classes taught at the
school by Harry F. Barnes vocation
al agriculture instructor.
All exhibits will be sold at auc.
ton at the close of the show.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
College To Hold
Rural Life Meet

The third annual rural life con-
ference of the Brethren, Friends and
Mennonite denominations will open
a two dav session at Bulffton college
on Friday morning.
Participating in the conference
will be farm men and women, rural
ministers and teachers. Theme of
the conference will be the conserva-
tion of resources-spiritual, economic
and social.
Visitors attending the conference
will have meals at the College din
ing room and leaders from the three
churches will address sessions of the
conference which will include also
panel discussions.
President Ramsever of Bluffton
college will deliver the opening ad-
dress Friday morning sounding the
keynote of the conference 'The Peace
Churches and Rural Life".@
The public is invited to the open
meeting Friday night at 1880 in
Ramseyer chapel. Addresses will be
given by Stanley Hamilton of Rich
mond, Ind, speaking on "The Rural
Life Association" and DIR. Ledwyn
van Kershbergen of Loveland on the
subject Training for Rural LIFE.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Funeral On Thursday
At BeaUerdan, Church

Funeral services for Mrs. Civilla
Clark, 81, will be held in Beaver
dam Methodist church, Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs.
Clark died at her home one mile
south of Beaverdam, Monday night.
Surviving are her husband, How
ard Clark; daughter Mrs. Edgar
Anderson near Lafayette; four sis
ters, Mrs. Alice Akerman of Ypsi-
lanti Mich; Mrs. Irwin Clark near
Lima; Mrs. Alzoda Hedges, Lima,
and Mrs. Leona Robinolte, Findlay,
Rev. w. H. Lahr will officiate al
the funeral services assisted by Rev
C. D. Chiles.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Stores Busy with Only 15 Shop
ping Days Remaining Until
Christmas
Messiah Concert December IT;
Announce School and Col
lege Vacations

With Christmas less than three
weeks away, customary pre-holiday
activities and preparation for the
Yuletide are coming to the fore in
the Bluffton community.
Christmas trade in stores is at its
peak, spurred by the realization that
there are only 15 shopping days re-
manning until the holiday, rehearsals
are virtually completed for an ex-
tensive program of pre- Christmas
events, and announcements were
made this week of approaching year
cad vacations at Bluffton college ano
in the public schools.
Opening the musical Observance cf
the Yuletide, the annual rendition
of Handel's Messiah" viii be given
Sunday night, Dec. II, in the Bluff
ton High gymnasium by the Bluffton
College Choral society.
Christmas vacation at the college
VIII nb&lI dL y y Iis hu1 SudA,
Dec. 21, with classes convening again
on Wednesday, January 3. Bluffton
public schools will close for the holi-
days from Friday afternoon, Dec. %,
until Tuesday, Jan. 2.
For the thirl Consecutive war
time year, Biufiton's customary
downtown Christmas setting of ga,l,
coiored lights and outdoor de. era
tions is missing, ard stores also have
dispensed with Yuletide d. : rations
generally.
Christmas shopping However, Is
nearing its conp'at cn, with most
families getting it out OF the way
earlier than usual Mailing of Yule-
tide gifts and greetings also is ex-
pected to reach its peak earlier than
usual this year, to help relieve con-
gestion of the mails at the holiday
season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Pre- Christmas Activities Herald
Approach OF Holiday Season Here
TIU0 Are Home From
South Pacific Area

Joseph Birchnaugh and Merlin
Habegger, two veterans from the
Southwest Pacific war theatre are
home on furlough until after the
holidays.
Birchnaugh is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Birchnaugh of
East Elm street and Habegger is
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Habegger of Riley street.
Habegger's wife who lives in Me-
dina is also here for the period of
her husbands furlough.
The two veterans have been in the
Southwest Pacific since the spring
of 1912. They returned home with
251 Ohio men of the 37th Division
who were given furloughs at this
time.
Among the Bluffton men who were
in the same area as Birchnaugh and
Habegger are Herbert Kindle, Will
lard Dillman, Wendell Duffman and
James Birchnaugh, brother of Joe.
At the expiration of their fur
Tough Birchnaugh and Habegger will
report at Miami Florida, where they
will await future assignments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Captain Francis L. HOchstettler
Gets Distinguished Flying Cross
Honor Conferred After Partici-
patton in Invasion of South
ern France
Bluffton Man Also Flew Supplies
to Guerilla Forces of Famed
Marshal Tito

Captain Francis L. Hochstettler,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hoch-
stettler, of southwest of Bluffton,
has been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross as a result of his par
ticipation in the invasion of south
ern France.
Captain Hochstettler was flight
leader of a car squadron that car
ried paratroopers deep into enemy
territory prior to the landings of
main Allied forces.
Following the landing of para
troopers, Captain Hochstettler's out
fit had the responsibility of releas-
ing gliders carrying supplies to the
ground troops, and the mission con-
tinued until invasion forces and the
paratroopers were joined.
The captain participated in the
invasion of Sicily and was one of
the pilots who carried supplies to
the guerilla forces of Marshall Tito
in Yugoslavia. He also helped
evacuate hundreds of wounded from
front line hospital stations. \
In overseas combat and operation
al duty, Captain Hochstettler has
1400 flying hours in addition to serv-
ing in England, North Africa, the
Middle East and Italy.
He was advanced to the rank of
captain on November 7 at an army
air base in Italy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
BLUFFTON WOMAN
DIES IN ACCIDENT
ON ICY HIGH W AY
Christmas Shopping Trip Ends
Tragically in Mishap on
Dixie Highway
Husband and Mother of Crash
Victim Escape Serious In
jury in CNllision

A Christmas shoppipy trip ended in
tragedy last Friday 9ening at 700
o'clock for Mrs. Hartli Wenger, 80,
of the Stratton apartments on the icy
Dixie highway between Bluffton and
Lima, about one mile south of the
Five Points intersection, when the car
in which she was riding with her hus-
band and mother figured in a three
car collision.
Mrs. Wenger died 40 minutes later
in Lima Memorial hospital without
having recovered consciousness. Her
husband, driver of the car, suffered a
broken rib and bruises about the legs
and body, and Mrs. Charles F. Miller,
mother of the mishap victim, was
badly bruised. Both were released
from the hospital Friday night after
receiving medical treatment.
Dwight Mcdaniel, 34, of Forest,
driver of a northbonnd car which
struck Wenger's skidding southbound
auto, suffered decorations about the
knee and face. His father, William
Mcdaniel, 81, and William Staley, 81,
also in the car, were slightly injured
Both cars were badly wrecked in
the collision caused by a treacherous,
ice-covered highway. Wenger's auto,
travelling toward Lima, was hit first
by an unidentified automobile preced-
ing the Mcdaniel car.
1t was only slight impact, touch
ing the left front bumper, but the
Bluffton car was spun around directly
into the path of the second automobile,
which crashed into Wenger's vehicle
on the right side just back of the front
wheel.
Mrs. Wenger was thrown from the
car onto the icy highway, suffering a
skull fracture, injury to the brain, a
broken right arm xisa slsernal injur-
les.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon in st. Johns Reformed
church, with Rev. A. K. Beisheim, of
Buffalo, N. Y, and Rev. Vernon OPP
perman, pastor of the church officiat-
ing Burial was in Maple Grove
cemetery.
Survivors include the husband; her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Mill
er, of South Main street; three sisters,
Mrs. Dennis Brauen, Mrs. Jane Baker,
and Mrs Christine Wenger, and a
brother, Lieut.. James F. Miller, of the
Coast Guard.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
Woman Interned In
Germany At Vespers

Mrs. Henry Butler who arrived in
this country last March after being
interned in Germany will speak at
the Bluffton college vesper service,
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Butler, born in Germany of
Jewish parents, left that country ten
years ago and while engaged in re-
lief work in France was married to
Mr.. Butler who was also in that
country doing relief work as a rep
resentative of the Mennonite Cen
tral committee.
After the outbreak of war between
the United States and Germany the
couple was interned at Baden-B Baden
until last March when they returned
to this country on the Gripsholm.
They are living in Akron, Pa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
STUDIES MEDICINE
W HILE HELD WAR
PRISONER BY JAPS
Lieut.. David Kliewer Held for
Nearly Three Years on jap
anese Island.
Takes up Medical Studies with
Two Dutch Doctors Interned
for Duration.

Lieut.. David Kliewer, Bluffton
Marine fier and first from this place
to be captured by the japanese, who
laid aside plans to become a physi-
clan in order to serve in the armed
forces is studying medicine in a
prison camp, it was revealed in a
letter received by his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. P. A. Kliewer of Albany,
Oregon.
The letter was written on Easter
Sunday last April and was seven
months in transmission thru channels
established by the international Red
Cross for war prisoners mail and
reached his parents two weeks ago.
The Kliewer family formerly lived
in Bluffton during which time Rev.
kliewer was pastor of the Ebenezer
Mennonite church west of town.
Two DUTCH Doctors INSTRUCTORS
Lieut.. Kliewer who has been a
prisoner for nearly three years is
held in a camp on Zentsuii, an is
land in the Japanese homeland
group. He writes that he has been
provided with a volume of Gray's
Anatomy, standard medical text and
is receiving instruction in medicine
from two Dutch doctors Van Peenen
and Moe also presumably interned.
The former Bluffton man writes
that he is in fair health and busy
with his medical studies. After be-
ing released from the prison camp
at the close of hostilities he hopes
to enroll in the medical school of
Northwestern university in Chicago.
Lieut.. Kliewer, who qualified as
an expert dive bomber was one of
the defenders on Wake island when
it was attacked by the Japanese
early i4as the war. lie is credited
with having sunk an attacking enemy
submarine while flying the last air
plane left to the Marine defenders.
He is Bluffton high school grad
uate and made the highest scholastic
record of any student ever to be
graduated here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
BUYING OF BONDS
'LAGGING IN SIXTH
WAR LOAN DRIVE
$4,000 in Bonds Sold So Far
in Campaign to Raise $780,
900 in BlufftOn
Intensified Buying Needed to
Put Drive Over the Top
in Community

With only one-third of Buttons
quota of 100000 subscribed so far
in the Sixth War Loan drive. in
tensifed campaigning on the part
of house-to-house solicitors was
urged Wednesday by zone captains
in charge of the canvass.
Tuesdays reports showed that
bond sales. so far in the drive aggrez
gate only $33, 900 and much work
remains to be done if the drive is to
go over the top by the December II
deadline set by Co-Chairmen Norman
A. Triplett and M. NJ. Bogart.
Heavier individual buying also will
be required, and zone captains are
organizing their workers for a more
intensified solicitation to attain that
end. In Allen county as a whole
the campaign also is running be-
hind schedule.
Local solicitors report that much
of the support of the drive is COM
ing from parents with sons in the
service who feel they are getting
closer to the boys on the fighting
fronts by purchasing as many bonds
as they possibly can.
Zone captains who are directing
the canvass include Woodrow Little,
Gene Benroth, Charles Alderman,
Mayor w. A. Howe, c. F. Niswand-
er, Charles Gazette, Gail Mumma,
N. E. Byers, Jesse Yoakam and
Silas Diller.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-07
BLUFFT0b may GET
FEDERAL AID FOR
POSTWAR AIRPORT
CAA Engineer Inspects Pro-
posed Airport Site East of
Town.
Federal Financial Assistance for
Extensive Program May be
Available in 1916

Bluffton is one of 2O6 municipali-
ties in Ohio being considered as sites
for construction of new airports
after the war, in a program for
which government funds will be
available.
Possibility Of the airport being To-
Gated here cane to light when Earl
F. Heist, of Columbus, district air.
port engineer Of the Civil Aeronau-
tics division ofSthe u. S. Department
of Commerce, was in Bluffton last
Thursday to make a preliminary
survey of the lscal situation.
1t was disclosed during Heist's
tour of inspection that the federal
government viii help finance inn
provements in existing airports and
also assist in the building of new
fields.
During his stop in Bluffton the
Civil Aeronautics engineer visited
Clayton Bixel's proposed air field one
and one-half miles east of town on
the 80-acre farm formerly known as
the A. j. Owens place, which Bixel
bought last summer. Heist said it
was a desirable location and appear
ed favorably impressed with its pos
sibilities. The farm is one and one
half miles east of town on Route 103
and a short distance south.
PLANS AIRPORT
Bixel plans to establish a small
airport on the farm in the spring,
even if the federal aid program is
not in operation at that time, he
announced after Heist's visit. Mini
mum requirements for an airport are
a hangar and stocks of gasoline and
oil. Two runways asso are required.
each of which must be about 1000
feet in length and 20 feet wide.
In sRixel'A present4 operations as
an instructor in flying, he has 25
students from Bluffton and the inn
mediate area. Altho he could obtain
additional students facilities are lack
ing to handle more at present.
Bixel now has hangar on the
farm of William Beagle, his father
in-law, across the road from the pro-
posed air site, but it is not desig-
mated as an airport. He is optimis-
tic about the postwar development
of air travel, and says an airport
will be a necessity for every pro-
gressive municipality after the war;
Total cost of the CAA postwar
airport program in Ohio would ap-
proximate $31, ,161, 900, and compile
ton of the project would require
from five to 10 years. The CAA
estimates there will be 100000 civil
ian aircraft in use in the nation
within 10 years after the close of the
war, in comparison with 25,000 in
pre-war days.