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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
He Should Have
Known Better

And now he does know better.
A poor sergeant in the u. S. air
corps is home on furlough but he
is anxious to get back in his BIS.
in the Pacific area where I'll be
safe again. he says.
His troubles all arose when he
innocently remarked to a reporter
that the current crop of American
girls are too artificial and that
Australian girls are "just as beau
tiful and far more natural And
Sgt. John F. Coleman Of St. Louis
says that set off barrage worse
than any flax he and his BIS ever
had to fight through. He should
have known better He stuck his
neck out, put his foot in it-or
whatever you wish to call his rash
ness-and now he has had a new
experience. He has been deIuged
by letters and telephone calls from
American girls ready to fight him
and prove to him that American
girls are okeh. Poor man!
His little experience recalls to
mind the fact that American girls
are now meeting stiff competition
IN large way, perhaps the first
time IN many moons. Thousands of
American boys are marrying girls
in Australia, England, Ireland and
elsewhere and sending them back 10
America. Comment from the boys
runs to the effect that the foreign
girls are more affectionate and SYM
pathetic, more understanding and
less demanding. That's rather diff
ficult competition to go up against
Wise American girls will read the
signs Of the times, ponder a bit and
maybe 20 mend their ways.
Are we sticking our own neck out
when we enter this fray and say
that the Hollywood glamour influ-
ence has had baneful effect on
American girlhood? And the idea
that it is THE thing to be ultra
sophisticated and smart. To achieve
that supposedly desirable (?) eff
feet girls have plastered themselves
with paint and perfume until Sgt
Coleman was fully justified in say
ing they are unnatural II isn't near
ly as bad as it used to be--when
this idea first permeated immature
minds. A few years ago we used
to sit in our office and watch young
adolescents on their way to school
and chuckle to ourselves. In their
attempt to ape their elder sisters
and the Hollywood type, they were
painted up like unto nothing ever
seen on earth, in the heavens above
the earth, or in the waters under
the earth. They were a species
all unto themselves. And many of
their elder sisters were no better
and even sometimes worse
American girls should realize, IN
this competition that now faces
them, that most any man wants af-
lection, understanding and compan-
ionship from the woman he weds.
And that it not too much to ask. If
their foreign sisters possess these
attributes to greater degree, its
going to be just too bad for many
Of the home girls.
Foreigners have long said that
American women are spoiled. Well,
we know a few of them who aren't
spoiled-who are mighty nice. God
bless EN-!
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25

which they can be sold. Business
intends to do this through full
utilization Of its chronological know
how. It will be done without pen
alizing wage rates. because industry
knows it cannot sell its products
to workers who earn only starva-
ton wages.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
MRS. GUNDERSON RETURNS

MIS- GunderSOn returned to her
zhane or Monday after having nfade
an extended visit among friends and
relatives. November she spent in
North Dakota, and the remainder of
the time she~visited in Eau Claire,
Wis.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
LOIS SANDERS MAKES HONOR
ROLL

In the Spokeksman-Review Mon
day. Jan, %. we find the follow
ing.
Montana State University, Mis-
soula, Jan. 2l.-The autumn quar-
ter honor roll at Montana State Uni
versity lists 78 students with min
inaufn grade average of B Index of
ZOO and not less than 36 grade
points.
Among the honor roll students
for the last quarter is Lois c. Sand
ers, 2.38 Miss Sanders is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sanders.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
MRS. FRANK CUMMINGS
HONORED

On Friday evening Mrs. Jack
Brown, with Mrs Walter thinner
man as co-hostess gave a shower
at the Weidner home honoring Mrs.
Frank Cummings. The evening was
spent playing pinochle. High prize
went to Mrs. Russell Baeth, travel
ing to Miss Betty Slice and the low
prize was won by Mrs. Leland Nc
Neill
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
SNOW In THE YAAK

Mrs. George Miller drove down
from the Yak and spent the week
end at the Tom Nelson home Mr..
Miller is employed at the Alverscn
Camp making posts. Mrs. Miller
states there is about 16 inches of
snow in that country, which is
about Is miles from Troy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
SEWING CLUB MEETS

On Friday afternoon the Sewing
Club met with Mrs. Glen Thorn.
As is customary the ladies brought
sewing and enjoyed a social after
noon as well. The hostess served a
delicious lunch.
Continued on Page ~ ---
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
RED CROSS NEWS

Mrs. Ella Savage has been ap-
pointed chairman of the sewing
and she expects to have some work
to offer before long.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
BASKETBALL GAMES TO BE
PLAYED

Basketball games played in Troy
this week. Columbia Falls on We'd
nesday night and Friday night Pol
son plays Troy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS

A business deal OF considerable
proportions was consummated re-
Gently when Mrs. Marie Nelson and
William Kusner sold their restau-
rant and building to Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert c. Bower of Spokane. The
new management took over Jan.
Is. 1t is their plan, if sufficient
points and sugar allotments can be
secured, to operate the bakery in
the rear of the building. This is
not new work for Mr.. Bower as he
has had more than eight years eA :
perience with the Continental Bak-
cry in Spokane
The second story of the building
the new owners plan to remodel in
to modern apartment where they
and their Seven-year-old son will
live Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bower have
very pleasing personalities and
should win many friends in their
new business which it is their in
tention to make permanent.
Mr.. Bower is no stranger to the
mountains as he spent his boyhood
around Moscow, Idaho. He is an en-
thusiastic fisherman and is fervidly
anticipating the fishing season here
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
S/SGT. KENNETH SCHOOLEY

On Sunday evening S7Sgt. Ken
neh Schooley and his wife and lit
tie son arrived in town to visit his
grandmother, Mrs. Ellsworth Nc
Comb and sister, Mrs. Laura John
son, as well as other relatives. On
Tuesday they left for their home in
Whiiefish as the family had just
received the information from the
War Department that his brother,
Myron, had been killed in action in
the European theater. Our sympathy
goes to the entire family
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-25
FoIse Standards

I've had a wonderful life, !
wrote prominent Englishman last
week and then proceeded to shoot
himself to death. He was Major
Arthur Corbett Smith, prolific au.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-22
BEL--AMI

Prevel - OTON zUPANcIC

ganila, lice ma lieu, oci uprte
skozi okno v noe, kjer je "a
sijala sedaj pa sedaj luc IL
his; in sanjarila sta, zadovolj-
ma, da Sc cutita tako blizu drug
drugemu, in v vedno rastocem
pricakovanju tesnejsega in svo-
bodnejsega objema.
Ustavila sta sc v hotelu, XII so
mu okna gledala ma nabrezje;
malo, prav malo sta vecerjala
in sta sla v posteljo. Sobarica
ju je vzbudila drugi dan malo
po osmi uri.
Ko sta bila popila case GAIA,
postavljeno ma nocno mizico, je
pogledal Duroy svojo zeno, po-
tenn pa jo je stisnil nenadoma,
z radostnim pogonom srecnega
cloveka, XII je nasel pravkar Ia
klad, svoje roke in je jecljal:
"Madica moja, cutim, da te
imam rad . tako zelo ze-
10 rad =. :"
Nasmehnila Sc je svojim
zaupnim in zadovoljnim nasme-
hom, in vracaje mu poljube, je
mrmrala: "In JAZZ tebe
menda tudi."
A MEGA je vznemirjal ia
obisk njegovih starsev. ze vee-
krat je opomnil svojo. zeno;
pripravljal jo je in jo navajal.
Sedaj Sc mu je zdelo, da DO do
bro, &c zopet sprozi.
"Ves, kmecka cloveka sta,
prava kmeta z dezele, ne il ko-
micne opere."
Zasmejala Sc je: "Saj vem,
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-22

(Dalje prihodn1fc)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-22

MAXIM jenost vsake vrste izpre-
hajaGev.
10 pa je pognal, je zapazil
Duroy nenadoma par sto me-
troy dalec dvoje starih ljudi,
XII. sta Jim prihajala nasproti;
|skocil je z voza krikom: Lei
jih.! Spoznal sem jihy
Dpoje kmetov je bilo, moz' in
zena, XII sta mesala korake, Sc
zibala in Sc zadevala rameni.
Mozak je bill majhen, zastaven,
rdec in nekoliko trebusen, kre-
pax vkljub svojim letom; ze-
ma velika, suha, skljucena, "a
lostna, praya kmetica-trpinka,
XII je delala cd mladih nog in Sc
nj nikoli smejala, docim je moz
s svojimi gosti mozeval in po-
pival. 49,.
Tudi Madelena je bila stopila
z voza; srce Sc il je stiskalo cd
bridkosti, kakrsne doslej Sc nj
poznala, ko je videla, kako sta
hodili tt ubogi pari. Niti spozna-
la nista svojega sina, tega licne-
ga gospoda, in nikoli ne bi bila
slutila v tel lepi gospe V svetli
obleki svoje sinahe.
Sla sta, brez besed in nitro,
svojemu pricakovanemu otroku
nasproti, in niti pogledala nista
teh gosposkih ljudi, XII je sci
voz "a mimi.
Mimo sta sla. Georges Sc je
smejal in je vzkliknil:
"Bog daj, Duroyev oca!"
Takoj sta obstala oba, izprva
osupla, nato kar otopela cd pre-
senecenja. Starka Sc je prva
zbistrila in je zajecljala, ne da
bi Sc premaknila mesta: Isl
ii, mas SIM"
Mladi moz je odgovoril: "Se,
veda, JAZZ sem, matt Duroyevav p
- Stopil je k Mi in jo poljubil
ma ODE lici krepkim poljubom
sin mater. Nato je pritisnil 0.
braz ma obraz ocetu, XII je bill
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-22

Tsnel ysvojo kapo, kapo Rouen-
skega kroja, cd crne svile, pray
|visoko, podobno tistim, XII jih
nosijo zivinski trgovci.
| Potem je Georges spregovo-
ril: "In to mi je zena." In
kmetica sta pogledala Madele-
no. Gledala sta jo 2 nemirno bo-
Ijaznijo, spojeno pri ocetu z ne
ke vrste zadovoljnim odobraya-
MEM, pri materi z nekako lju-
bosumno neprijaznostjo.
Mozak, pc naturi dobrovolj-
eek, YES prepojen z veselostjo
cd sladkega jabolcnika in alko-
hola, Sc je osmelil in je prasal
poredno pomezikuje:
cali te vseeno lahko polju-
bin?
Sin je odgovoril: "Kako pa,
ocka !" - In Madelena, XII il je
bilo nerodno, je ponudila svoja
lica kmetu, da je dvakrat ma
glas po njih cmoknil; nato 81
ije otrl ustnice -roko.
Starka zopet je poljubila svo-
ljo sinaho sovrazno hladno. Ne
to re nj bila njena sinaha, kakr-
sno 81 je ona mislila, brhka in
sveza gospodinja, rdeca kakor
jabolko in olrogla kakor zrebi.
ca. To mora biti ze prava tica
ia gospa svojim lispom ir
svojim mosusom. Zakaj stark
so bill vsi parfumi mosus.
In stopili so "a vozom, XII j
peljal novi zakonski dvojic
kovceg.
Starec je prijel svojega sinf
"a podpazduho, ga pristavil il
ga je zvedavo prasal:
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-22
(Nadaljevanje)

Duroy :je objel svojo zeno
okrog pasu in jo je stisnil k~se-
bi. Burno pozeljenje, XII ga je
bilo navdalo malo pref, Sc je
spremenilo " neznost, medic
neznost, V mehkobno hrepene-
ME po tolazljivem milovanju,
tistem milovanju, s katerim Ia
zibljes otroka.
Prav potihem je zamrmral: {:
"Kako te bonn ljubil, Madica
moja!"
Sladkost tega glasu je ganila
mlado zeno, po vsi polti jo je
magic izpreletelo, nagnila Sc je
nadenj, zakaj bill je naslonil
lice ma njena gorka nedra, in
mu je ponudila svoja usta.
Bill <je dolg, mem in globok
poljub; planila sta in nato ST.
lovit in blazen objem, kratka
borba brez sape, in nasilna in
nenaredna zdruzitev. Potem sta
ostala tesno objeta, oba nekoli-
ko razocarana, trudna in Sc
raznezena, dokler nj naznanil
vlakov zvizg prihodnje postaje.
Rekla je, popravljaje 81 S
konci prstov razmrsene lase
ma senceh:
ITO je res neumno. Kot diva
paglavca sva."
On pa il je poljubljal roke,
drugo "a drugo q mrzlicno hi
trostjo, in je odgovoril: "Tako
strasno te ljubim, Madica mo-
ja."
Do Rouena Sc nista skoraj
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-22
STRAIN 8.
mo, ii gre cd rok, tvoj po-

mo, ii gre cd rok, tvoj po-
SELF"
20, da, prav dobro.'
"No, potem pa prav, potem
pa ze! Pa povej, tvoja zena, ina
kaj pod palcem ?"
Georges je odgovoril: "stiri-
'deset tisoc frankov."
Gee je Cd zacudenja potihem
zazvizgal, in je zamrmral sa-
mo: "Vraga!" mic drugega,
|tako ga je ia vsota omamila.
Potem je pristavil z resnicnim
uverjenjem: 'Da tie, da te, lepa
zenska je!"r-Zakaj bila je po
|njegovi vseci. In svoje dni je
!veljal "a izvedenca.
Madelena in matt sta sli
|vstric, ne da bi spregovorili tu-
di besedo. Mozaka sta iu dohi-
tela.
Dospeli SO V vas, majhno va
sico OBJ cesti, deset his ma vsaki
strani, nekaj boljsih, nekaj bor-
nih, napol podrtih, nekaj ope-
kastih, nekaj kamenitih; neka-
tere SO bile pokrite s slamo,
druge skrlmi. Krcma oceta
Duroya "A la belle vue," koliba
s pritliejem in podstresjem, je
st&la ma prvem koncu vasi ma
levi. Smrekova vejica, obesena
mad vrati, je pc starem obicaju
naznanjala, da Sc tukaj zejni
ljudje lahko ustavijo.
(Dalje prihodn1fc)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-22
ENAKOPRAVNOST

'glediscu, kamor 50 vodili -vse
'poposnKe.
Oko je objemalo brez mejno
.dolino, dolgo in siroko, po, ka-
teri Sc je villa cd tega do omega
konca reka 2 velikimi okljuki.
Prihajala je il daljave, pose
jana s premnogimi otoki; pred
Rouenom sc je mogocnot uvila.
Naprej Sc :je kazalo mesto ma
desnem 2bregu, nekoliko po-
greznjeno V jutranjo meglo, s
solncnim bleskom ma strehah,
ma tisoee vitkih zyonikov, spi-
castih ali cokatih, drobnih in
rezlianih, kakor velikanske dra-
gotine, stirioglati ali okrogli
stolpi, oyeneani heraldicnimi
nadzidki, straznice in slopi, ce-
10 ljudstvo gotskih cerkvenih
spic, mad katerimi je kraljevala
ostra puscica katedralina, pre-
senetljiva bronasta ost, grda,
cudna in nesorazmerno visoka,
najvisja ma svetu.
A nasproti, onkraj reke, so Sc
;dvigali, okrogli in ma vrhu iz-
boceni, tenki tvorniski dimniki
prostranega predmestja Saint
Severskega.
stevilnejsi Cd svojih bratov
zvonikov so razpostavljali tia
do daljnih poljan svoje dodge
opekaste stebre in puhali v 81
ME nebo svoj crni premogov
HAP.
In mad vse sc je vzpenjala,
tako. visoka kot Cheopsova pi-
ramida, druga najvisja stavba
cloveskih rok, malo da ne vrst-
MICA svoji ponosni sestri, pusci-
ci katedralini - veliki dimnik
LA Foudre"; ia je bill kralj
zakajenemu delavskemu ljud-
stvu tovarniskemu, kakor je BIZ
la njegova soseda kraljica spi-
casti mnozici svetih poslopij.
Dalje, "a delavskim okraiem,
Sc @je srazprostiral smrekov
gozd; in Sena, ko~ je pretekla
obe mesti, je nadaljevala svojo
pot, in Sc villa, OBJ valovitem bre-
gu, XII je bill ma vrhu obrastel in
de kazal mestoma svoje okostje
Cd belega kamenja, potem je "a
ertala Sc enkrat dolg zaokrozen
lok in je izginila na obzorju
Videti je bilo ladje,1 plavajoce
2 vodo in proti vodi, XII so jih
Ivlacili parniki veliki kakor mu-
he, bruhajoei gost dim. Otoki,
razstavljeni po vodi, so Sc nizali
drug "a drugim ali pa z vecjimi
presledki, kakor neenake jago,
de ma zelenem molku.
Kocijaz je cakal, da so Sc
potniki nadivili .Vedel je IL iz-
lkusnje, koliko casa traja "a,
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SH 81 I'LL ~ uOSLIkPdCs pOVeQal.
Sedaj pa vstani, JAZZ bonn tudi.p
Skoeil je postelje in ko 81
je obuval nogavice:
"Neprilicno mama DO. donna,
|zelo. neprilicno. v moji sobi je
sarno ena stara postelja s slam
|nicO. v Canteleuju ne poznajo
zimnic in blazin ma vzmeti."
Bila je videti ocarana: "Tem
bolje. To bo prijazno, slabo'
spati =. poleg poleg tebe
lin potem naju bodo vzbudili
petelini! " ~,~>-
Odela 81 je bila svoj jutranji
plasc, velik plasc cd belle flame
lie, XII ga je Duroy takoj spo-
znal. ia pogled mu je bill nepri-
jeten. Zakaj? Njegova zena je
imela, to je vedel, eel tucat te
jutranje obleke. Svoje bale ven-
dar nj mogla zavreci ter 81 ku-
pitt novo. A kaj, on bi bill rad,
da ne bi bilo njeno perilo "a po
dnevi in po noci in "a ljubezen
isto, kot z onim. Zdelo sc mu je,
kakor da je voljno in topic bla-
go obdrzalo nekaj cd Forester
jevih dotikov.
Stopil je proti oknu in 81 je
prizgal cigarette.
Pogled ma pristanisce, ma 81
roko reko, polno ladij lahkimi
jambori, trebusnih parnikov, XII
SO jih z velikim ropotom raz-
fkladali zriavi ma obrezju, mu
je segel do srca, ceprav je vse
to re izdavna poznal. In vzklik-
nil je:
'.Strela, kako je to lepo!"
Madelena je pritekla, polozi-
la ODE roke svojemu mozu ma
ramo in, ,je bila ocarana, VISA "a
maknjena sklonjena proti ME
mu.S Venomer je hitela:
70, .kako krasno je to! Kako
kraSnosIs Nisem. vedela da lie TO-
liko :ladij,p'' /.
Uro pozneje sta odrinila, "a
kaj hotela sta obedovati .p;ri
starsih, XII sta jih par dni preje
obvestila. Peljala sta Sc V od-
prti, zarjaveli kociji, XII je ro-
potala, kakor bi kotle tresel.
Najprej je slo po dolgem, pre-
>cej grdem privozu, potem preko
travnikov, koder je tekla reka,
nato so zavili navkreber.
| Madelena je bill trudna in je
zaspala pod prenikuj ocimi soln-
cnimi poljubi, XII so jo prijazno
greli V kotu stare kocije, kakor
bi lezala mlacni kopeli luci in
poljskega zraka.
Men MOI jo je vzbudil.
"Poglej," je dejal.
Ustavili so bill ma drugi tre-
tjini visine, ma glasovitem raz-
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1895 W. 26th Street. Chicago 49, Ill.
zadnu tpyD SANS, sept
cevelandu bill volni sdec uradn 81 odborni cIani SIR
sega odb0ra:
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PRIsLAND
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CLAM EKsEKUTIvE:
Haven
ROGELJ Schade
podpreddn WIDER 2s57 Lawndale Chicago 49,
Illinois
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Zapsnkar JACOB ZUPAN l4oO Lombard Ave, Berwyn ILL.,
Clani:
JURJOvEC ls4o W. RI, Chicago ILL.,
ANTON KRAPENC, 1886 w. 2lst P, Chicago 8, ILL.,
LEOPOLD KUSHLAN 64os ST. Clair Ave, Cleveland g. Ohio.
ALBINA NOvAK, 6117 ST. Clair Ave, Cleveland g. Ohio.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

Tituba tell of the weird rites, incantations and
superSttions of her native Barbados
Two of them brilliant but unbalanced
Abigail Williams, II, a Paris niece whose vanity
bordered on megaomania and Anne Putnam, u,
epileptc daughter of Sergeant Thomas Putnam,
the parish clerk and cousin of Israel Putnam Of
Revolutionary fame
The other girls, whose ages ranged from II
to 20, the simpering daughters of neghborS
or domestic servants who had grudges against
their employers and the town.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

Tituba's tales had an effect only TO be expecteGA
on a bevy of halfhypnotized. halfhysterical adOK
cscents who had been brought up 10 believe that
the devil frequently connived with wichmongers.
Before the first OF the year, all the fire
side group began 10 look peaked and i'll, and, II
was later testified. would put themselves in odd
poStures, make antic gestures and utter loud
outcries and ridiculous, incoherent and unintelli-
gibe expressions"
THE neighborhood doctor had only one diagnosis
] for this. The girls were bewitchcd.
In the orgy OF witch.calling that followed,
Tituba's apt pupils convinced not only the
townsfolk but themselves that they were
able TO discern with infallble accuracy
the presence of an evil spirit in some
unsuspccting and apparently
wholly innocent byStander.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

lnStlnCtlNely OF SIlTcWu-
". their first accusations
were directed toward vii
layers whose habits and
physical appearance would
be likely 10 sustain the
charges without any ac-
tual evidence.
Tituba herself was
among the first three they
named. She was smart
enough TO insist that she
also was bewitched.
But the o [ h g r two,
Sara h Good and s ara n
Osborn, miserable h a gs
who had been reduced 20
beggary, protested their
innocence but, neVeTthe-
less, they were consequent
ly adjudged guilty. Witch
Osborn escaped the gal.
lows tr @ by dying in
prison, but Witch Good
was hanged with four
other women the follow
ing July 10. -
Once planted, the witas
craft seed mushrOomcd
with poisonous fury. What
had started as the foible
Of a few girls became the
weapon of vengeful adults.
Ann putnam's mother, a
sharp-tongued vixen who
had great influence over
dune 3, 1876
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03


Martin, Alice Parker. Mar
garet Scott and Willmot
Reed.
Salem, scorned errone-
ously for 254 years as
that witch-burning town."
actually burned no one,
and is not particularly to
be blamed for succumbing
to the anti-witch hysteria
that was prevalent through
most of Europe and even
in Portsmouth, N. H.,
where one Goody Cole was
impaled on a stake. Be
fore the frenzy ceased,
England had urned,
hanged or beheaded 10000
witches" France 10000,
Spain 25,000 and the Ger
man states $4,000.
Salem's demon demen-
tia began when the Rev.
Samuel Paris arrived
from the West Indies TO
assume the spiritual guild
ance of the towns bicker-
ing church.goers. With
him he had brought two
colored slaves, John Indian
and his wife Tituba.
During the long winter
evenings of 1851 a group
of girls collected around
the flickering hearth in
the Paris kitchen TO hear
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

l. HINE neurotic girls, filled with fancful tales
NJ of supernatural happenings, developed
y case of mass hysteria in the winter of 1851
and began to scent link between the devil and
about half the inhabitants of Salem, Mass, AS a
result, more than 200 men and women were
jammed into the overfowing jails of the district.
Eighteen Of them were hanged as witches, one
died of "gaol fever and one tortured to death.
Now, two and half centuries later, the state
seeks to erase the stain of what has been called
the most dsgraceful crime in our history.
descendant of Ann Pudeator, of the
hapless victims of this vengeful sweep of Puri-
tanical righteousness, asked State Senator J.
Elmer Callahan to clear her name. Callahan,
thumbing through musty records, discovered
that only six of the original 20 were still -
listed witches. Accordingly, he pc
ttioned the legislature to eXonerate
not ONLY GnndANife Pmdeator but -
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-20
BiuftOn Chaplain
Back From Europe

Chaplain Ernest Bigelow, pastor
of the Bluffton and Rockport Presby-
terian churches who has been in
Army service for the past year, has
returned from the European theatre
of war and will arrive in Bluffton,
September 2S for three weeks
period.
Word was received here Tuesday
night that he is now at Belmar, New
Jersey, with his parents. His wife
and little son Bruce who spent the
summer with her parents at Fargo,
North Dakota, are expected here next
week.
During his absence the family has
maintained their home on South
Jackson street. Rev. Bigelow who
held the Army rank of first lieuten-
ant was given leave of absence from
the Bluffton-Rockport charge for
service as chaplain since August of
last year. He went overseas last
spring. During his absence the pull
pit of the two churches has been sup
piled by Rev. Charles Donaldson of
Delta.