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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06

chose Bluffton because he and his
wife thought this town as an ideal
place in which TO live. Residing in
Indiana, they first came to Bluffton
some twenty years ago to visit their
daughters who were in college here
and We're so attracted by the place
they decided to make this their
future home. In relating this Incl
dent several weeks ago, he added
that they never had cause to regret
their decision.
Word from Mrs. Louis Schmunk
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada that
they enjoy the weekly visits of the
News. And Miss Matilda Basinger
of Pandora enjoys our column, so
she told our chief the other day. We
just discovered that he and Druggist
Armin Hauenstein were among the
lesser lights in her biology class
when she taught in Bluffton college
ABOUT oO years ago.
Despite the current wartime short
age, Rev and Mrs. George Klinefelter
of Mechanicsburg, Pa, had a real
paper wedding celebration last Fri
day on the first anniversary of their
marriage which took place at the
Reformed church just one year ago.
Mrs. Klinefelter is the former
Josephine Niswander and her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Niswander,
north on the county line sent. box
of gifts-all of paper-including a
years subscription to her home
paper-The Bluffton News.
Hot last week? Well you really
don't know what heat is until you
have been in Yucatan province on
the Mexico east coast, writes Homer
Moser. He says Yucatan has been
nisnamed-it should be called "You-
can-tan"; and Homer should know
as he spent good many years in
Brazil not far from the equator. He
is an agricultural missionary home
on furlough and now temporarily in
Mexico making an investigation in
agricultural matters.
Gale Scoles, former Bluffton
youth, may have an opportunity to
participate in a baseball series to be
played in Comiskey park, home
grounds of the big league Chicago
White Sox. Scoles, employed in a
Chicago industry making gears for
the navy is a member of the plants
softball team which is among the
leaders in the city's industrial
league, the title games of which are
scheduled to be staged on the White
Sox grounds. Scoles and his wife
are visiting relatives here this week
From Sgt. Roland Swank in Eng.
land this week came the following
after .perusing the headlines | hur
riedly turn to Mainly Personal
This definitely is a fine addition II
The News. You're also doing al
excellent job in the Conservation
Affairs" column. None of the mos
famous English newspapers, in Their
wartime dress, carry as much editor
ial matter as The News"
If you think the price of living is
high today, you can be glad this
isn't 1918. Back at the close OF
World War |, so pounds of sugar
cost SIS, and today the same amount
of money would buy 80 pounds OF
sugar, "a pounds of flour, 10 pounds
meal, pounds lard, one dozen eggs
one pound butter, two quarts milk
pound of coffee, a pound loaf OF
bread, a box of breakfast food, 1C
pounds potatoes, three cans milk
three cans tomatoes, two cans peas
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
MalnL
OehAotsoI

Looks as if 4th of July week has
become Buttons summer vacation
time business and industry at
the low point-of the year Meter
works closed and restauranteurs and
BARRIERS on fishing jaunts some
retail places closed for the week
others operating part time . no
let-up on farms, however, with wheat
harvest in full swing and the crop
yield surprising even the most
optimistic :. biggest crowd of the
summer here Saturday night doing
pre-holiday shopping and lining the
/ streets for the rodeo-boosting
parade with prancing horses and
Rawson and Jenera bands footing in
, old-time style with plenty of oom-
pahs from the big shiny bass horns
that intrigued us when we were in
the knee-pants stage and 9TH of
July Tuesday with nary a frecracker
NOT to mention Roman candles r. i.
and ham sandwiches for the family
picnic were almost as scarce as sky
rockets meatmarkets ran out of
ham early Saturday and after
all this talk about the surplus of
hogs and the rodeo under Har-
mon field lights Tuesday night
reminded us of the wide-open, rip
roaring Fourth of the old days with
bands, and flags, and parades, and
speeches, pink lemonade stands,
! crying babies, men in high stiff
| white collars and women with gay
parasols and then there were
those dead dead gadabout years with
gas pumps on every street corner
and they filled 'er up and cleaned
| your windshield and no one
ever heard of a ration stamp i.
and dolled-up hot dog stands were
part of the general landscape effect
i. . those were the days when the
family piled into the Model T and
dashed down to the Great Smokes
| for over the Fourth.
Those saplings that Paul Clark has
planted along the lawn strip at his
home on Grove street will in a few
years help give the street new
claim to its name. We never knew
how Grove street got its name,
unless from the fact that it's part
of the Columbus Grove road. Why
not have more trees ana really
make it a grove street?
Miss Donna Hagerman, secretary
at the high school merits the thanks
of the community for the time and
effort necessary to compile the honor
roll of former students now in the
service. The list is published else
where in this issue. If you know OF
any corrections or additions please
notify her.
A telephone central operator in
the first World War, Mrs. Harry
Turner of Harmon road, formerly of
Toledo is pinch-hitting at the Bluff
ton telephone central board to help
relieve wartime labor shortages in
the present conflict. Mrs. Turner,
who is active in the Bluffton Legion
Auxiliary is glad to do her bit in
the current emergency. Her husband
is manager of the Page Dairy
plant here.
Death of w. F. Iutzi, Bluffton
insurance man recalls that he did
not locate here by chance or force
of circumstances, but deliberately
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06

S. H. DePue, Vinton county farm
er, tripled the production of hay per
acre on his farm by applying lime
and phosphate to the soil. Both al
falfa and mixed clover meadows
responded to soil improvement.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06

"That night out went the tiny
Dutch Navy-it was all they had
left-which pounded them under COW
er Of darkness and then pulled away.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06

CHAPTER VIII: u. S. fiiers arrive at
the Dutch field. and shortly after start
on flight for Davao. In the Philippines.
but run short of gas and come home.
nayso hut Ear ~ ~ sLe sareat n ,btrd
trip over. Kurtz sees tremendous concen.
tration Of ships. makes bomb run. Jap
fighters come up. Bombs awayt"
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

Sing For America, by Opal Wheel
er, with illustrations by Gustaf
Tenggren Dutton: $3)-The au-
thor's Sing for Christmas" was
named by the American Institute of
Graphic Arts as one of last years
SO most beautiful books, and this
new volume is worthy successor
It contains "a of the best-known and
best-loved American folk songs, and
it tells their stories as well.
Turkey For Christmas, by Mar
guerite de Angel Westminster:
75c)-A family in straitened circum-
stances has to choose between tur-
key and gifts. It's hard choice,
but everything turns out in such a
way as to make good story.
Ann Comes to New York, by Amy
Hogeboom Nothrop: ga young
college graduate, with q few months
experience on her home town news
paper, sets out to become a big-city
journalist. Older girls should like 1t
The Book Of the Stars, by Louis
Sutherland (Ackerman: $3) As
tronomy for boys and girls Of junior
and senior high school age. Illus
trated with photographs, diagrams
and drawings. Valuable.
Play Songs Of the Deep South, by
Altoona Trent-Johns associated:
$2.15)-A dozen play songs Of
Negro children in the South, plus q
Southern lullaby, illustrated BY
James A. Porter.
Little Scouts In Action, by Roland
Coe (McBride: $150)-A collection
Of drawings for Little Scouts" fans
Evening star., 1944-12-10

Our main jobs are to answer tele-
phones and take messages, and run
erranGs for our congressman. Serv-
ing the members while Congress Is
in session, plus carrying on our
school work, keeps us very busy.
OF course, we have a few activities
outside of work and school. Our
school has a dinner every two or
three weeks to which we go and tell
Jokes, sing and enjoy other enter
tainment.
Our most-looked-forward-to at
traction is when our "Godmother, "
Mrs Roosevelt, has us twice year
for dinner and picture show in
the White House. Another feature
we enjoy is our gym period, from
$50 to D every Monday and Friday
nights. We have good basket ball
team, and we are doing our best to
organize a football team this year,
Now we get down to real business
our school work. We have the
regular classes of a high school
emitting art and music because our
time does not permit. We have four
45-minute periods, with minutes
between classes. This is strictly
business and no fooling around.
At the end of every year we pub
lish a school annual This is our
pride and Joy, and also something
we will be proud Of Is or 20 years
from now, even more than We are
now.
Evening star., 1944-12-10

IL feet in height. Thus they tow
cred above the heads of men.
Sad to say, there is no record Of
white men ever having seen a living
moa. The last of these birds are
believed to have died out at least
300 years ago.
Perhaps it would be better to say
that the moas were "killed Off in
stead of that they "died out We
have good reason to believe that the
natives of New Zealand hunted the
moas and feasted on their flesh. In
several places bones of moas have
been found in heaps, and study Of
these bones shows that the birds
had been heated by fire, no doubt
in the process of cooking.
It Is estimated by scientists that
about 600 years have passed since
the last of the moas lived on North
Island, New Zealand. On South
Island, however, it Is believed that
Ia few OF them were running about
mo more than 800 or 400 years ago.
Besides the bones, the moas havs
left behind them eggs, bits OF skin
and feathers. The feathers have Q
reddish brown color.
The skeletons show that there
were several kinds Of moas and that
some Of these grew only to the size
lot turkey. Others, however, were
twice the height Of . man.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
ESthetic Radicals
At Porter Gallery

Abstraction, SurrealiSm and other
contemporary idioms are represent
ed in an exhibition of modern prints
and drawings which opened few
days ago at the David Porter Gal-
lery on G place. It is the first OF
a series of graphic arts shows to
be held there during the season.
Works by Washington artists
Pietro Lazzari and William Calfee
and by Europeans, Picasso, Matisse
Rouault, Miro, Klee, Henry Moore
Tchelitchew, Mason and many 9TH
ers who have made art history in
the past three decades or more, are
included. Despite their interna-
tional regulations most Of these for
eign artists are still incomprehensi-
bic to the average person. And in
many cases where their work Is in
telligible it is thoroughly depress-
ing.
Concerning Andre Mason, one OF
the leading surreaists, for example
twho has contributed a drawing
and an etching to the present show
a French critic said: "The work OF
a great artist does not mirror q
vain, exterior world. 1t is refec-
ton of his own self and of his time
Who would not recognize in the
work of Mason the convulsed visage
of our apocalyptic epoch?"
It Is difficult to appraise the en-
during value of work Of this type
One may agree completely with the
estimate of Massons work, for In.
stance, and yet wonder where 1t,
place will be when today's dreadful
turmoil is finally ended. None of us
throughout our lives will be able te
forget the horror and chaos of thu
present time, nor will we need te
keep its memory green by studying
the tormented images In the paint.
ings and drawings Of It's artist-inter.
prefers.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
RAYS Corner /.

In an article few months ago
told few facts about the gigantic
birds known as ''moas," but today
should like to describe these birds
in greater detail. They rank as the
largest birds which have been seen
by people. The skeletons of even
larger birds have been found in rock
layers, but those birds are believed
to have died out many thousands Of
years ago
The moa, on the other hand, is an
almost modern bird. 1t lived on GER
tain islands of New Zealand only q
few hundred years ago.
The moas might be compared to
ostriches as far as general shape is
concerned, but some of them were
OF far greater size than any ostrich.
Like the ostrich the moa was not
able to fly. On each foot 1t had
three large toes and long spur
like fourth toe" A true ostrich has
only two toes. but the so-called
South American ostrich has three.
The ostrich has small wings. but
the skeletons OF moas seem to prove
they had no wings at all. What 1t
lacked IN wings. however, the moa
made up IN It's long, heavy legs. It
no doubt was very good runner.
The largest moaS were from 10 TO
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Business Groups
Five Associations
Meet This Week

Morton A. Rosen, industrial coun-
selor, will discuss Postwar Prob
lens for Small Businessmen" at the
American Business Association
meeting Tuesday night, one Of the
I'VE business associations meeting
this week. The business schedule
for the week follows:
Monday,
Cleveland Park Businessmen's AS
ISOLATION City Bank, 3401 Connec.
ticut avenue NV, 8:45 pm.
Southeast Businessmen's Associa.
tion-314 Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
$3.50 pm.
Tuesday.
Columbia Heights Businessmen,
Association-Tivon Building, -Four.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
|'Slumber Parties Are Long
On Fun, Short on Sleep

All Is quiet, perhaps for a second;
then on goes the light, and the
"slumber party" is on. A sudden
thirst sends us all tramping to the
kitchen for a drink, then back to
bed. We talk and gossip, tuck the
covers in, pull them out. This goes
on until midnight.
Then, when we're sure the parents
OF the hostess are asleep, with a
whoop, Look out, ice-box, here we
come We plunge down the steps
to devour all the food in reach.
Then back to bed with a bag of
potato chips to gnaw on while we
continue our laughing and cutting
up. BY 3 am. we're all asleep,
AT 7 a.m.-time to get up-and ev-
eryone is tired. But hearty break
fast soon revives us.
A quiet afternoon at the movies
ends our get-together until another
time.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Brightwood Girl Gets
Stamps as Presents
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Fridd Maier, 3,

bllsntWood Schooi.
When I have a birthday or at
Christmas, I always get some
stamps. ...
My oldest stamp is the Landing
OF Columbus. 1t was printed In
1912, after the painting by Wander
lyn in the Rotunda of the Capitol.
My teacher gave it to me.
My favorite stamp is the Liberty
Bell, printed to commemorate the
150th anniversary of American In
dependence. also like the scent
Yellowstone stamp of the National
Parks. 1t Is picture of Old Faith
full Geyser. I am trying to get the
National Park stamps.
When letter or package comes
to cur house with a special stamp
on it, always ask mother if I can
have it. Since have been collecting
stamps, I have found out that
most 1-cent stamps are green, q
cent stamps are carmine, Scent
stamps are purple and scent stamps
are blue. I have 209 different
United States stamps.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Prizes for Best
ICOntubuti0us

The Junior Star awards as many
as five prizes of 81 each for the best
contributions published each week.
Boys and girls of high school age
and under are invited to compete.
Here are the rules:
All contributions must be ORIG
INAL. Write on one side of paper
and give your name, age, address,
phone number and school. Type
written contributions must be double
spaced. The editors choice of win
ners is final, and he reserves the
right to use any contribution in
whatever form he deems advisable,
regardless Of whether 1t is awarded
prize. Checks are mailed to the
winners the week following publica-
ton of their work. Reporters cards
will be issued to writer's who, In the
opinion of the editor, deserve them.
No contributions will be returned.
Address The Junior Star, 727 Star
Building, Washington 4, D. C.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Paintings on View
ByAMgmstus Tack

Those who have had the pleasure
OF seeing the magnificent curtain
designed and painted by Augustus
Vincent Tack for the Lisner Audi
torium Of George Washington Uni
versity will be interested to know
that the preliminary studies are
now included in an exhibition
at the Century Association spon-
sored by Mr.. Duncan Phillips
Of this city. These are supple
mented by the loan of 10 or IL large
canyases in similar vein owned and
lent by the Phillips Memorial Gal
lery, together with loans from other
sources. There is much beauty in
all OF Mr.. Tack's paintings which,
while completely abstract, when pur-
posed as decorations. are far cry
from those by other painters speak,
ing only the language of distortion
and despair. The exhibition in New
York will continue to January 8.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
By Florence S. Beryvman

Our country has soothing effect
on European artists now living
here, as well as on other refugees.
The latest demonstration in Wash
ington Is the exhibition of paintings
and graphic arts by Luis Quanta-
nilla, which opens this afternoon at
the Caresse Crosby Gallery, to re-
main through December 20. This
Spanish artist, who was introduced
to the United States six years ago
with an exhibition of his drawings
OF the Spanish Civil War (at the
Museum Of Modern Art, New York
City, Is now living in Connecticut.
Presumably under the spell of rural
New England, he is painting pas
torals.
Senor. Quintanilla was sent over
here before the war to paint frescoes
for the Spanish pavilion at the New
York Worlds Fair. He accomp-
ished his work, but political turmoil
in his own land and the outbreak of
war made the completion of the
Spanish project impossible. His
huge frescoes Of Spanish subjects,
including soldiers of the revolution,
intended for the pavilion, were
shown in a comprehensive one-man
exhibition of his work in November,
1899, at the Associated American
Artists Gallery, New York.
Because of his opposition to
Francois government, Senor Quin-
tanilla suffered the destruction of
his life's work in his own country,
partly by bombing and shellings,
partly by Frances followers.
The exhibition at Caresse Crosby's
Gallery comprises IL large oil paint
lngs, 6 drawings and as many dry
points. Most of the paintings were
done in the past two years. Those
dealing with New England country
are the most appealing. Executed in
fresh, rich colors, with somewhat
brownish tonality, in a medium key,
these paintings tell of gently rolling
landscape, stretching to distant
hills, with neat frame houses and
gardens, and plump cows. A few of
these landscapes Zone a backdrop
for a turkey appear to have been
painted in an ,impetuous, careless
manner; and several still life paint
ings Especially Washington
Square'D give evidence of lack of
regard for textures, which is disap-
pointing, in view OF the good design
and color schemes.
Two Of the paintings are Spanish
war landscapes and all Of the prints
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Sell Trapping Rights
To Buy Var STAMPS

"Our daddy owns farm along a
creek" writes Roberta Mae Gates
from Delphi, Ind. MY sister and
I are too young to do any trapping,
and daddy is too busy, so we let our
neighbor set traps on our place on
shares. He gives us half of every
thing he catches, then my sister and
! divide it. We each get about 50
or So week from this arrangement.
When fishing season is good, we
get 25 cents car for each one driv-
ing into the fishing grounds. AS
there are three gravel pits adjoining
our place, and good camping grounds
as well, we have quite trade in the
summer.
1--WE spend every cent we make
for War Stamps as we are afraid
daddy will have to 60 to war, too.
if they don't get it over with before
long
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Safety Chalk Talks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
of The Stars school safety program
and former chief of detectives, is
giving a series of chalk talks on
safety to pupils of elementary
Junior and senior high schools. The
talks are presented under sponsor
ship of The Junior Star in co-opera-
ton with school authorities of the
District and nearby Maryland and
Virginia. This weeks schedule:
Monday, II am, Beltsyille; Tues
day, II am, Bladensburg Primary;
! pm, Colmar Manor; Wednesday
II am, Cottage City; Thursday,
II am, Bladensburg Grammar;
Friday, 9:45 am, Claude A. Swan
son Junior High.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
New, Exhibitions

There are many exhibitions open.
ing at this time, among which is ths
first pref Christmas showing of the
Brush and Palette Artists League
Of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
which will open In the Commerce
Building tomorrow and continue
throughout the week.
The Phillips Memorial Gallery
will open its annual Christmas ex-
hibition by artists of Washington
Baltimore and vicinity this after
noon. In addition at 5 o'clock a
concert of chamber music will be
given by quartet from the United
States Marine Band.
At the Arts Club there will open
this afternoon to continue through
December portraits by Naomi Holt
Silvis, a former pupil of the Cor
coran School, the Pennsylvania
Academy and the San Diego Acad-
emy, and Of wood block prints in
color by Werner Drewes, Louis
oCIlaIlker ana Carl Smltn lent by
the Museum of Modern Art, New
York.
The Whyte Gallery opened last
Thursday, an exhibition of paint
ings In tempera and gouache by
Dorothy Dehner, which can be seen
throughout the month except for
December 26 and ~, when the gall
lery will be closed.
The 43d annual exhibition of the
Pennsylvania Society of Miniature
Painters will open next Thursday
IN the first-foor gallery of the Ma
tional Collection of Fine Arts, Nat
ural History Building, United States
National Museum, to be on view for
one month.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Sound Advice
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
3v G,Cend0Ipn Miller


By G,0endolya Miller, II,
Banneker Junior High School.
My mother said to me:
Try to be good;
Keep your belongings as
Neat as you should.
Say your prayers nightly
Before you sleep.
And make no promise that
You cannot keep
My greatgranny said to me:
"Thirteen's bad;
Let it alone or
You'll wish you had.
Never cut your food
With black handled knife,
And don't kill spider;
It's the devils wife"
Seldom I'm good
For my own true sake,
And many's the promise
I've made to break;
But I shun thirteen
And a black handled knife,
And I couldn't kill a spider
To save my life.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Work of Spanish Artist on Exhibition
At the Caresse Crosby Gallery

and ink drawings were done In
Spain about years ago. The dry
points are fine and soft in effect
aftording something of a contrast
to the subject matter, which is .oc-
casionally grim ("Bombardment OF
Algeria'o and in some instances
verges upon caricature (several
street scenes in Madrid. The draw
ings in sepia ink depict various
types OF Spanish fighting men
(soldiers from Andalusia, Castillo
and other provinces) and Italian
prisoners of war.
Evening star., 1944-12-10

teenth street and Park road NV,
Warner Clubroom, 1920 pm.
American Business Association
Fairfax Hotel, 2100 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, $50 pm.
Wednesday.
Chevy Chase Business Association
--Barnhardt's Restaurant, $50 Con-
necticut avenue NV, / pm.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Lois Mefcalf, IL,
Silver Spring intermediate School.

Silver Spring intermediate School
During the past year. I have
been invited to several slumber
parties. 1t is always a thrill to
receive such invitations because
we have SO much fun. Usually. six
to twelve Of us girls get together.
We arrive at the home of the host
ess about 8 pm. From then until
bedtime, we play indoors or out,
depending on the weather. At $50
|or 10, refreshments are served, and
then we are of to bed.
Once upstairs, we get to work. We
busily get out our sleeping mat
tresses, put them on the floor, OF
push beds together, decide who Is
going to sleep where. and climb in
Lights out-and under the covers
we go.