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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-01-01

Warplane production centefS.
Shipyards and ship repair faeili-
ties in and around Seattle long
have been carrying a major war
responsibility. Many capital ships,
damaged in the Pacific conflict.
have limped into the Puget Sound
Navy Yard across Elliott Bay at
Bremerton, and been speeded back
into the combat fully repaired and
modernized. The shipyards of the
Seattle area have done a tremen-
dous job, supplying craft both
large and small for war.
With intensified action in the
Pacific even greater loads must be
borne by these installations.
SEATTLE FOCAL POINT
Seattle long has been a focal
point in Pacific war supply, men
and materiel pouring through its
busy port in ever greater num-
bers bound for the drive on Tokyo.
AS the tide of battle shifts further
north toward the Japanese home
land, his city will be more and
more important as a port of en-
barkation.
Seattle was concentrating on war
production a full year before Pearl
Harbor Now it ranks as one of the
top ten cities in the nation in to-
tai war contracts.
There is every reason for the
city to be proud Of its wartime
production record. But there is an
other wartime record in which it
is entitled to take great pride .
its harmony and peace on the Ia
Dor front. 1t hasn't had a major
strike since Pearl Harbor.
This harmony between employ
er and employee isn't a mere truce
being observed while the nation is
at war. It is built on firm founda-
tons. 1t is founded on sincere eff
forts on both sides to work out diff
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-01-01
Mr. 1915! He's
Geroid /. Lindquist

Seattle's No, l baby of the now
year is Gerald Lee Lindquist.
Gerald, SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Alden
Lindquist, 2757 Ballinger way,
was born at Waldo General hospi-
tai just y minutes after the New
Year began.
Weighing siX-pounds 14-ounces
at birth. Gerald will soon be home
with his two brothers and two
sisters Gerald's father is a North
Coast line bus driver.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-01-01

the patrol the arrested quislings
sat huddled together trying as
best they could to console each
other.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-01-01

ferences amicably, a readiness to
see the other fellows point of view.
1t Will play an even greater role
in the postwar years. as manage
ment and labor work together to
minimize the economic stock that
comes with transition from war
time to peacetime production.
1t has been most gratifying to
watch the growth of this mutual
understanding The Seattle Cham
Der of Commerce has had many
knotty problems thrown to It in
wartime stepped-up military
demands that had to be met by
greater production efforts
housing difficulties transpor-
tation bottlenecks labor re-
cruitment. In every case, the
Chamber has called in leaders of
labor and management to thrash
out the problems together. Sitting
together at conference tables they
have found the answers and fol-
lowed them through to concrete
results.
FIRST IN NATION
The Seattle Chamber of COM
merce was the first organization
of its kind in the nation to set
up a Labor Relations Department.
\ few months ago the Chambers
board of trustees reviewed an d
reaffirmed the principles set down
i'll 1897 to guide this department
in its work.
Following are a few excerpts
from this statement of policy:
Industrial peace and industrial
expansion in Seattle are our OBJ
iectives. 1t shall be our policy to
foster and maintain a sympathetic
between labor and
industry to the end that major
causes of industrial controversy
may be removed to encour-
age the establishment of wages,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
BLUFFTON HIGH TO
RE Open MANUAL
ARTS DEPARTMENT
Instructor Hired Monday Will
Have is in Classes Starting
in January
Employment Permits Reopen
ing Department Closed
Since June, 1914

Operation of Bluffton High schools
industrial arts department will be re-
sumed at the beginning of the sec
ond semester, late in January with A.
Dwight Spayth, 90, of Lima, as the
first instructor in the course since it
was dropped year and half ago.
Employment of Spayth by the
Board of Education at its meeting
Monday night finally ended war
time impasse that left the department
without an instructor since June, 1914,
when Hayden Steiner resigned at the
close of the school term.
Spayth's salary rate for the second
term is established on the basis of
$4,000 annual rate, with provision for
an annual salary of $4,000 beginning
next fall.
Interest in Courses
Rejecting a widespread interest in
industrial arts courses, an initial en-
rollment of 48 boys already is assured
for the department, and additional
registrations are expected as the work
goes into next falls term.
The new industrial arts instructor
was graduated from Bowling Green
university in 1888, with a B. S. de-
gree in Education. He majored in in
dustrial arts.
He taught at West Liberty from
1898 to 1912, then worked as tool
designer for the Eagle Tool and Die
Co. in Springfield and Westinghouse
at Lima until he enlisted in the Navy
in February, 1943.
Navy Veteran
Spayth now is on terminal leave
from the Navy, holding the rank of
lieutenant (j. g.l at the time of his
discharge. He served for 27 months
in the Pacific on the destroyer U. S.
8. Ringgold.
Altho he will not begin work with
classes here until late in January, the
new instructor will be at the school
after the Christmas vacation getting
equipment of the department in read
mess for start of the second semes-
ter's work.
In considering. the application of
the Lima man, the Board of Educa-
! tion invited three new members who
will take office on Jan. to partici-
pate in the meeting. The incoming
members of the board were Donavon
Conrad, Leland Diller and Paul Dill
Ter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Christmas Season To Be Ushered In
By Rendition OF "The Messiah" Sunday
Albert Benr0th Dies
Wednesday Morning

Albert Benroth, 6S, of North
Main street died at Bluffton hospital
Wednesday morning at II o'clock.
His death followed six months i'll
ness from complications.
He was the son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. George Benroth, pioneer
Bluffton residents and for many
years was engaged in the garage
and auto sales BUSINESS here. Later
he was employed as custodian at
Bluffton high school until given leave
of absence because of failing health.
He was a member of the Presbyter-
ian church.
Surviving are his wife the former
Josephine Euler and three sons
Robert, Eugene and James all of
Bluffton and two daughters Mrs. AL
vim Augsburger of Oak Harbor and
Mrs. George Blackwood of Detroit.
Also surviving are a brother julie
of Phoenix, Arizona, and five sis
ters: Miss Minnie Benroth and Mrs.
Mont EULER of Lima; Mrs. Emma
Metzger and Mrs. Rose Sweeney of
Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Marie Bu-
chanan of Los Angeles.
Also surviving are six grandchild-
rem.
Funeral services are incomplete.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
JAMES WEST WILL
BE new BOARD OF
EDUCATION CLERK
Appointment of Ex-Serviceman
Made by School Board on
Monday Night
West Also Named to Library
Board; Was Former Cor
poration Clerk

James West, who served with the
u. S. army from 1941 until this fall,
was named Monday night to serve as
clerk of the Bluffton Board of Edu-
cation at salary of $35 per month.
His term of office will extend thru
this month and all of the coming year.
He will assume the duties imme-
diately, succeeding Paul Augsburger,
who resigned a week ago after taking
the clerkship in early fall when Le-
land Diller submitted his resignation.
Diller had served again for one week
following Augsburger's resignation,
but relinquished the duties when the
board Monday night announced Vests
appointment.
Diller also will resign on Jan. l as
a member of the Bluffton Library
board, and West was named by the
Board of Education to succeed him on
that date.
AS a member of the new Board of
Education which will be organized on
January l, Diller can no longer serve
on the library board.
West, an employe of The Citizens
National Bank, was Bluffton corpora
tion clerk at the time he went into
the army in 1941.
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Service Discharges

Albert E. Ingalls, has been dis
charged from the u. S. Navy at
the cambridge, Maryland, separation
center. He win be associated with
his sister, Zelma ingalls,, in opera
tion of the Community market gro
Gerry store here.
Pic. Russell Hathaway, brother Of
Mrs. Wilmer Badertscher, has been
discharged after serving Is months
with the Army in the European
theatre. He is now with his wife
and son in Ada.
T/5 Clyde Klingler, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Klingler, south of
Bluffton, arrived home Monday after
being discharged from the Army at
Indiantown Gap, Pa.
Pfc. Ned Schultz was discharged
last week at Camp Atterbury, Ind,
after 21 months in Army service.
He was overseas seven months and
was held a prisoner by the Germans
four months. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Schultz, of West
Kibler street.
Sgt. Paul Sauder, former Bluffton
college student, has been discharged
from the Marine corps after serving
in the Pacific battle areas and with
occupation forces in Japan. He was
visiting here early this week.
Cecil Richard, husband of the
former Princess Basinger, of Cherry
street, has been discharged from the
Seabees, and is with his wife at his
home in Helena, Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs
Richard visited Monday with her
sisters, Pearl, Gaynell, Dorothy and
Myrtle Basinger of Cherry street.
T/5 Noah Zimmerman was dis,
charged Monday from Indiantowr
Gap, Pa, after two years service in
Europe. He is now at home with
his sister Bernice on East College
avenue
Pfc. Herbert Sietield, son of Mr.
and Mrs. II. Siefield arrived here
Wednesday, having been discharged
at Indiantown Gap, Pa, after 2;
months in Europe.
1t. g.. g.) Richard Carts has beer
discharged from the Navy and h
and his wife, the former Betty Trip
lett are enroute here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Bluffton Girl In Manila Attends War
Criminal Trial Of General Yamashita

An eyewitness account of pro-
ceedings at the war-criminaI trial
of Jap General Yamashita at Ma
Mia is contained in letter written
home to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Forrest Steinman by Miss Betty
Steinman, who is in the Philippines
enroute to Japan on Red Cross well
fare work.
Her description of the trial pro-
ceedings follows:
This morning / had one of the
most exciting experiences, seeing
Yamashita's trial. | wish you could
have seen it. When we walked in
Yamashita was on the stand talking
in japanese.
"They had to use an interpreter
for everything that he said and
everything spoken to him, SO it was
quite drawn out. He is quite heavy
and had crew haircut.
when he spoke he hardly moved
a muscle in his face, in fact it was
hard to know if he was talking or
not. They had mikes all around to
pick up voices and news reels and
flash photos were taken at regular
intervals.
"They had a ten minute recess
every hour. We were up in the bal
cony and went over to a window
where standing directly below me
was Yamashita. / could almost
reach down and touch him. He was
just standing smoking and talking
now and then to Jap. He looked
up in the window at US several
times. To listen to his side of the
story, he is as innocent as a new
born babe"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Open House Sunday
For Golden Wedding

In honor of their Golden wedding
anniversary, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Bo-
CART, lifetime Bluffton residents, will
receive friends at open house at
their home on Cherry street, Sunday
afternoon from 2 to o'clock.
The couple were married Decem-
Der Is, 1895 in the Methodist church
here, of which they are members.
Both are from pioneer Blufftor
families. Mr.. Bogart, 10, is the
son of the late Mr.. and Mrs. James
Bogart. Parents of Mrs. Bogart
So, the former Lulu Augsburger
were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Augsburger
Mr.. Bogart recently retired after
80 years service as a rural mai
carrier. He also is past mastel
aof the Bluffton Masonic lodge. Mrs
Bogart was graduated from Bluiftor
high school in the class of 1894 anc
is active in church and social affairs
The couples two daughters ar,
Mrs. Bernice Baumgartner of Cleve
land and Mrs. Eddyth Baumgartnel
of Mishawaka, Indiana.
DIR. E. S. Augsburger of Lima j.
a brother of Mrs. Bogart.
Mr.. Bogart has two brothers Ear
and Joe both of Lima and three sis
ters Mrs. Ella McHenry of Bluffton
Mrs. Mary Isham of Norwalk anc
Mrs. Martha Rockwell of Midland
Michigan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
TUO BluftOn Girls
Win In Declarations

Miss Mary Kathryn Bauman,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. |. W. Bau-
man, and Miss Catherine Bohn,
daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Ernest
Bohn, won first place awards in Al
len County Prince of Peace declama-
tion final contests held Sunday in
Lima.
Both were representing the First
Mennonite church of Bluffton, and
in placing as county winners they
received silver medals. With one
other county victor they are eligible
to compete in the district contests
to be held in January.
Prince of Peace contests are ar.
ranged annually by the Ohio Council
of Churches TO make Ohio youth
peace-minded. This years theme il
sThe Establishment of Permanent
Peace Based on Christian Princip
les"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Settlement

Miss Anna Leichty of Berne, Ind,
spent the past week with her sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Augsburger.
Teddy, oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie DilIer, submitted to an ap-
pendicitis operation one day last
week.
Marylin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Charles Benton, underwent a similar
operation at Button hospital.
Paul and James Geiger and Eugene
Kohl were discharged from military
service at Indiantown Gap, Pa, last
| week.
Dorothy Banister of Toledo was
visitor in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Haydn Steiner over the week end.
Quite a number from this locality
are to attend the Putnam County
Farm Bureau meeting which is to b.
held at the Vaughnsvilie high schook
building Thursday evening, Dec. Is.
| Miss Mary Haas, missionary in Nj
geria, Africa, home on furlough ex-
poets to purchase new pickup truck
to be shipped to her field of labor to
be used to haul supplies. She has
also been given a refrigerator.
Mrs. Josephine Moser spent few
4 Qs1t III IliE IiUilG IA tlt1 dadSHtIi &tA1.
and Mrs. Keith Frarey and family at
| Mt. Vernon, Ohio, last week.
Miss Selma Miller who spent q
month on the west coast returned
home last week. She was accompan-
led by Miss Lucille Wenger of Salem,
Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Steiner and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Mo-
ser spent last week at the Stock Show
! in Chicago. Lois Jean Steiner won
fifth place in the lighter weight
steers and her sister Eloise stood in
ninth position in a class of heavier
steers. Fancy prices were obtained
for all the offerings in these classes.
Il Mary Kathryn, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward f. Schultz Is assisting
with the housework in the home OF
! her uncle Albert Schultz and family
II Randall, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Reichenbach spent the past two
weeks in the home of his grandpar.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Schumach.
er. -
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Last Rites Held For
Mrs. William DaIly

Funeral services were held last
Sunday afternoon in the Diller fun
eral chapel for Mrs. William r.
Daily, IL, who died at her home,
122 Poplar street, at 11:55 p. m,
Thursday.
She had retired at 10 p. m. and
was awakened an hour later hv the
heart attack that caused her death
Rev. A. Weed, pastor of the
Methodist church, officiated at the
funeral services. Burial was in
Maple Grove cemetery.
Daughter of Christian and Jane
(Henry) Swank, Mrs. Daily was
born in Orange township, HancocE
county, in 1874. She was married
on Jan. l, 1896, to William Daily
who survives.
Other survivors include a daugh
ter, Mrs. George Klay, of Mount
street, and a son, Maurice E. Daily
Hawthorne, Calf. Two other sons
Robert G. and James N, are de
ceased. Mrs. William Ryan, Ada, il
half-sister, and Arthur Swank
Bluffton, a half-brother.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Concert viii Be 43rd Here;
Given Successfully for
Sc Years
Prominent Artists Will Sing
Four Leading Solo Roles
at I'll. 5. Gym.

Ushering in Buttons musical
observance of the Christmas holiday
season, the Bluffton College Choral
Society will present Handels
oratorio, "The Messiah, Sunday at
s o'clock in the Bluffton High
gymnasium.
This will be the 43rd Yuletide
rendition of the oratorio before local
audiences, and the 35th time that it
has been presented on succeeding
years by the college group.
Appearing in the chorus are more
than 100 vocalists from the college
and community, many of whom have
sung in the oratorio for years.
This seasons quartet of soloists
will be one of the most outstanding
to appear here in recent holiday
renditions.
Carlton Eldrlge, blind tenor, of
Lansing, Mich, who was a hit with
last years Messiah" audience, will
sing the same role this December,
and Paul Fuller, soloist of the
Metropolitan Methodist church of
Detroit, the largest of its denomina-
tion in the world, will be the bass
soloist.
Eleanor Starkey, opera, oratorio,
concert stage and radio soloist, will
take the soprano role, coming to
Bluffton for the performance direct
ly from New York City where she
will give Town Hall recital.
Miss Gayle Howey, dean of
women at Lima Central High school,
and well known to Bluffton music
lovers, will sing the contralto num-
bers.
Prof. Russell A. Lantz, head of
the college department of music,
viii direct the chorus, and Sidney
Hauenstein, Of the collage music
faculty, viii conduct an orchestra 81
about IS pieces.
Mrs. II. p. Mann, also of the
music faculty, will be the piano ac-
companist for the 35th consecutive
year.
| Prof. Lantz has directed the Choir
al society in its oratorio presenta-
ton for II years, and Sidney Hauen-
stein has been in charge of the
orchestral accompaniment since 1912.
The large gymnasium at the high
school is filled by the crowds that
always attend each annual holiday
season rendition of "The Messiah.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
FOUR MENNONITE
CHURCHES SHIP e
CATTLE TO EUROPE
Carload of Bred Heifers Are
Consigned for European
Relief
Another Carload of Cattle Will
Be Shipped I'M the Next
Month

First of two carloads of bred heif-
ers donated for European relief under
the sponsorship of four Bluffton area
Mennonite churches started on the
first leg of it's journey overseas Mon
day.
In the car shipped from Pandora
to Union Bridge Maryland, were 90
heifers. At the Maryland port the
animals will be loaded on ship sent
to Europe by the United Nations Re-
lief Administration.
The heifers will be kept at Union
Bridge until shipload of cattle
some $50 to 400 animals-is assem-
bled
Arthur Schumacher, of near Pan
dora, went with the carload of cat
tie, and will be in charge until they
reach the Maryland port. He also ex-
poets to go to Europe on the ship
carrying the animals.
Sponsoring Churches
Donation of the bred heifers for
European relief is sponsored by the
First Mennonite church, of Bluffton;
the Ebenezer Mennonite church, west
| of town, and the Grace and st. John
Mennonite churches of Pandora. 9th
er church groups are cooperating in
the project.
Another carload of cattle will be
shipped from this area next month,
and contributions now are being col
lected for their purchase. The cattle
win be bought by committee con-
| sisting of Gilbert suter, Cleland AM
stutz, Levi Althaus, Grace church;
Arthur Schumaeher Hiram Kohl
Homer Reichenbach ST. John church;
Phares BixeL Aftl 4 mmerly, Win Al
thans, Ebenezer lsh; Ezra Moser
Nelson Basinger, I'ssN. M. Niswand
er, First Mennonite church.
Shipment of cattle to replenish the
war-ravaged herds of Europe is a ma
tion-wide project organized by the
Church of the Brethren (Dunkard)
with other denominations cooperat-
ing. Several shiploads already have
been consigned to European ports
Destination of each load is determin.
ed by the UNRA.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Arrants-SOnlKners
Nuptials At College

Miss Treva Arrants, Bluffton coll
lege senior, became the bride of Sgt.
Lysle d. Sommers, son of Mrs. Viola
Sommers, of Pandora, in a candle
light ceremony in Ramseyer chapel,
last Saturday evening.
DR.. Lloyd Ramseyer, president of
the college, received the vows in the
double ring ceremony. Special mu-
sic was provided by the college
women's choir.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. o. E. Ohler, of Lima, and
graduated from Lima South High
school. Sgt. Sommers is a gradual
of Pandora High school and entered
the U. S. Army three years ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Mt. Cory

Charles P. Martin, 40, of Mt. Cory
was killed instantly Saturday even
ing when the automobile he was driv-
ing struck a truck parked on Route
%, five miles south of Perrysburg.
Death resulted from a crushed chest
and skull fgracture. DR.. Frank V.
Boyle of Bowling Green, Wood County
coroner gave verdict of accidental
death. Martin was born Feb. 27,
1905, near Williamstown. On Octo-
Der 9, 1881 he married Nora Brubaker
who survives, together with one dau-
ghter, Jean Ann, 13. The funeral was
held in the Daily Funeral Home at
Arlington, Tuesday at 1:30 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Bishop and dau-
ghter, Irene of Vanlue and Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Dennis and two sons
were Sunday afternoon callers on Mr.
and Mrs. j. Z. Jones.
Sgt. Raymond Dale Crawford was
discharged from the army last week
Pvt. Richard Warner is home on 8
furlough visiting his parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Gene Warner.
Ruth Ghaster and Chester Huber
attended the grand opening at Ruse:
in Findlay, Saturday.
Mrs. Glen Reiter, Mrs. Lehr Green
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cupples, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Reuben Bauman attended tn,
funeral of Charles Martin, Tuesday
afternoon in Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Jones were il
Columbus Grove one day last weel
to see Charles Jones who is quite i'll
John Hilty of Bluffton spent tw,
weeks with his daughter in Marion.
Bluffton will have two good movi,
houses when the new one is completed
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Smith and fam
| lily have moved into the home the,
recently purchased in Rawson. The,
formerly lived in Greencastle, Ind.
Mrs. Nathan Geren and twin dau
ghters We're brought homs from TN
Findlay hospital. They have names
the twins Marlyn Jane and Carolyl
Jene.
DR.. A. E. King returned home Wed
| nesday from Ell Passo, Texas, wher
he has been visiting his son Pvt. vii
| lis King.
Mrs. Frank Balister has accepte
position at Patterson's in Findlay
Frank is also employed at Coope
Corporation.
Mrs. J. J. White is or the sick lis
Mr.. and Mrs. Dull Battles and dau
| ghters were recent dinner guests @
Mrs. Goldie Battles in Findlay.
Sgt. and Mrs. Don Kramer wer
week end guests of Willard Krame
Sgt. Kramer recently returned frol
| the South Pacific.
| Mrs. Gale Griffith and sons Kervi
and Michael, Mrs. Nettie Pitzen, NJ
and Mrs. N. v. Turner, Mrs. De
| Yeagley, Mrs. Lawrence Flick, Mr.
Francis Jay visited Mr.. and Mr.
Miller at Decatur. Ind, over the wee
end. Mrs. Tom Hall of Dayton ais
accompanied them to Indiana.
| Ruth Ghaster was in Bluffton Fr
dav on BUSINESS.
Ruth Ghaster called on Mr.. ar
Mrs. Glen Reiter and Mrs. Richal
Reiter, Monday afternoon.