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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
BlufftOn High Students Pass Up
Modern Languages For Second Year
All Modern Foreign Languages
Dropped From Curriculum
This Year
Enrolment In Business Courses
Continues To Show Marked
Increases

Bluffton High school courses in
modern foreign language will be
dropped this fall for the second sue
cessive year, principally because of a
continuing trend toward the study of
commercial subjects.
Decision to drop the language
courses from the curriculum again
this year was announced Tuesday by
Supt. Ralph Lanham, because there
was no demand for them on the part
of students. Altho offered with other
subjects, only few students regis
tered for modern languages, and or
ganization of classes was not justi-
fed.
A class in general mathematics, a
comprehensive summary, also has
been dropped from the curriculum
this year because of a lack of stu
dent interest.
The trend away from foreign Ian
guages, in evidence over the past
several years, continues in the direc-
tion of increased interest in CONNER
cial subjects, with sharply increased
enrolment in shorthand, general busi-
ness and bookkeeping courses.
Social science enrolment also has
picked up, and classes in that de.
partment have absorbed many who
in other years might have studied
modern foreign languages.
This year, as in 1944-45, Latin vii
be the only foreign language on the
Bluffton High curriculum. A two
year course is offered, and about halt
the freshman class has enrolled fol
study of the language inasmuch al
it is prerequisite at most colleges
particularly for students who plan tc
take up nursing, medicine or law.
The two-year Latin course has
been offered here for the last six
years, after having been on a four
year basis previously. Since the
change to a two-year setup enroll
ment has reflected little change.
Supt. Lanham expressed surprise
at the lack of student interest in
modern language courses, but the
trend toward commercial subjects ap-
pears to indicate primary interest
on the part of many students in TAX
ing courses which may help them in
the task of earning a living after
they leave school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Wagner, Ada,
boy, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlen Arras, Jenera,
a girl, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Weller
Ada, girl last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Bucher, Ada
a girl, last Wednesday.
A boy, Hubert Jerry was born tc
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Vlack of Downey
Calf, Saturday at the Methodist
hospital in Los Angeles. The moth.
er, the former Bernadine Blymyer is
a granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John Garlinger of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Witmarsum Seminary
Opens Doors In Chicago Tuesday
BluftOn Girl Viii
Get OUerseus Service

Miss Betty Steinman, eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Stein
man of South Lawn avenue has been
accepted by the Red Cross as a staff
assistant for overseas service, it was
announced the first of the week.
She will leave September Is for
Washington for two weeks training
after which she will be ready for
overseas service, presumably in Ja-
pan or the South Pacific.
The Bluffton girl was graduated
last spring from Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity where she majored in social
sciences and her connection with the
Red Cross will be largely in the field
of social service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
BIuftOn Mill May
Drop Flour Making

The Bluffton Milling company, one
of the oldest flour manufacturing
concerns in Northwestern Ohio may
discontinue this part of its business,
it was disclosed the first of the week.
Officials announced that an option
to purchase all of the company's
flour manufacturing machinery and
equipment had been given to an un-
named prospective purchaser whose
identity they declined to reveal.
Whether the company would con-
tinue the manufacture of flour if the
prospective purchaser failed to exer-
else his option was not disclosed.
In any event, officials stated, the
company will continue in operation
as an elevator and feed grinding
concern.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Radio Team VIII Hold
Bible Meetings Here

Frank and Neal, Lima radio musi-
clans and speakers who are heard on
religious programs and well known to
many radio listeners here will be
heard in a two weeks series of
meetings in Bluffton at the Ohio Oil
company's vacant building at North
Main and Elm streets formerly oc-
cupied by the skating rink.
The meetings will open Sunday
night at 7:30 and will be held every
night except Saturday.
DR.. T. Richard Dunham, Findlay
radio preacher and author will speak
several times during the first week
of the services and DR.. Buchanan of
Terre Haute, Ind, is scheduled to
speak, during the second week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Corn Crop Suffers AS Hot And
Dry Weather Fires Fields Here

Early estimates of a bumper corn
crop IN this area are being drastically
lowered as almost two months of hot,
dry weather have cut deeply into the
yield which earlier in the season ap-
peared unusually promising.
Lack of rainfall at the critical per
iod of ear-forming has so greatly af-
fected the crop that rains at this
time would be too late to be of
material benefit.
Much of the corn, especially in the
higher ground is "fired" and the
yield from these fields will be admit
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Institution Will be Known as
Mennonite Biblical
Seminary.
Two BlufftOn Men on New In
stitution'S Board of
Trustees.

Witmarsum Theological seminary,
an institution which formerly oper-
ated in Bluffton, training ministers
for service in the Mennonite church
has been reorganized and moved to
Chicago where it opened its doors
Tuesday under the name of Mennon-
ite Biblical seminary.
The institution will carry on the
work of Witmarsum seminary which
has been inactive since it closed its
door here in 1881 after operating for
ten years.
1t is affiliated with Bethany SEM
mary, maintained in Chicago by the
Church of the Brethren fDunkard)
and the two institutions altho under
separate management and sponsor
ship will share the same building and
interchange instructors.
TAKES OVER WITMARsUM PROPERTY
The newly organized Mennonite
oCHAAlIdAy y, dSSS1loSO dS dll OutSIOWtfl
of the former Witmarsum seminary,
has taken over the latter's library
and other property and a number of
trustees who previously served on the
Witmarsum board are continued in
the setup of the Chicago institution.
The new seminary, however, differs
from Witmarsum in that it is off
cially sponsored by the Mennonite
General and the Central Illinois con-
ferences, two large and influential
bodies of the denomination with a
combined membership of some $4,000.
Trustees have been chosen by the
two conferences.
Witmarsum seminary here was
sponsored by the Central Illinois and
Middle District conferences, the lat
ter a subdivision of the Mennonite
General conference and was under
direction of a self-perpetuating board
of trustees. Since the seminary
closed here Ia years ago the board
has held annual business meetings.
KANSAS MAN HEADS SCHOOL
DR.. A. Warkentin, formerly OF
Newton, Kansas, is president of the
Chicago institution which will offer
three years of theological study to-
gether with a short Bible course.
Two Bluffton men, trustees of the
Chicago seminary are Rev. J. N.
Smucker, pastor of the First Men
MONTE church who is secretary of the
board and DR.. L. L. Ramseyer, presi-
dent of Bluffton college.
Other board members are:
Pres, A. S. Rosenberger, Dalton
vice pres, Allen Yoder, Goshen, Ind. !;
E. w. Baumgartner, Berne, Ind. !;
C. E. Krehbiel and Ed G. Kaufman,
Newton, Kansas: r. L. Hartzler,
Bloomington, ILL.,; I. r. Detwiler and
A. E. Kreider, Goshen, Ind; J. d.
Unruh, Freeman, S. Dakota; H. T.
Unruh, Hillsboro, Kan; d. C. Wedel,
Halstead, Kan, and w. S. Shelly,
Topeka, Indiana.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06

tedly small.
Moreover the hot and dry weather
has fastened the maturity of the crop
and cutting corn for filling silos will
begin the last of this week, farmers
said.
The situation here is typical of con-
ditions thruout the midwest corn belt
where official estimates cite the
slump in corn production as the rea-
son why farmers will have to rely on
pasture and hay crops to meet much
of the protein needs of cattle, hogs
and poultry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Lions Hear Talk
On Atomic Energy

Discussing atomic energy and the
atomic bomb, Prof. H. ". Berky, of
the Bluffton college faculty, ad-
dressed a dinner meeting of the
Bluffton Lions club, Tuesday night
in the Walnut Grill
Because of the great hazards in
controlling atomic energy and har-
Messing it for productive capacities
it may be several generations before
it can be adapted for industrial use
Prof. Berkey told the gathering.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
1t. IUan Geiger On
Short Visit Here

1t. Ivan Geiger, of the Coast
Guard, visited in Bluffton few
hours Saturday morning while on
Great Lakes assignment with a group
of cadets from the Coast Guard
Academy at New London, Conn.,,
where he is an instructor.
The cadets are receiving training
on the new Coast Guard ice breaker,
The Mackinaw, and 1t. Geiger had a
leave of a few hours while the ship
was decked in Detroit. 1t. Geiger is
the son of Mrs. Sarah Geiger, form
erly of Cherry street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Ends Medical Study;
Will Intern In Chicago

DIR. Russell Oyer has completed his
medical course in the University of
Illinois Medical school at Chicago, it
was announced this week and will
begin a year of internsh;n at Grant
hospital, Chicago, October l.
DR.. and Mrs. Oyer, both Bluffton
college graduates, live in Chicago.
Mrs. Oyer is the former Lora
Schultz, daughter of Or. and Mrs.
J. s. Schultz of South Lawn avenue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
TtCO From OUerseas
Home On FurlOugIis

Two Bluffton area men who served
in France and Germany are home
from overseas on furlough. They are
Pvt. Marion Marquart, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Marquart of Orange
township and Sgt. ROLAND Reichen-
bach, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Reichenbach residing west of Bluff
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Herbert KindIe Coming
Home From OUerseas

Pfc. Herbert Kindle who served
with the 37th Division since early in
the war and has been for several
years in the Southwest Pacific area
is enroute home, according to word
received here. The Bluffton man was
member of an Army band unit.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Medicd! Discharge
To OUerseus Veteran

Pvt. VIM. ?. Mericle of Bluffton
has received a medical discharge
from the Army's general hospital at
Camp Pickett, Va, it was announced
the first of the week. He served
overseas with the 36th Texas In
fantry division in France and Ger
many.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
TOWNS TAX RATE
REMAINS AT $16.7O
FOR COMING YEAR
Bluffton School District Rate
Drops to S14.S0 For Next
Year
Beaverdam Rate SIS; School
District $14.90; Lafayette
S17.40

Bluffton's tax rate for the coming
year of $16.70 per $1,000 worth of
taxable real estate will be the same
as that assessed against the 1945
duplicate, it was reported Friday by
the Allen county budget commission.
The S16.70 rate viii apply on real
estate tax collections made in Decem-
ber, 1916, and June, 1946, under the
new tax rate schedule approved by
the budget commission.
Included in the $16.70 rate are
$3.50 per thousand inside the 10 mill
limitation and $7.90 in special levies
outside the limitation.
INCLUDES EXTRA SCHOOL LEVY
OF the $790 amount, $500 repre-
sents the special three-mill school
levy for operating expenses which
will come up for renewal at the No
vember general election.
Richland township in the Bluffton
school district will have a slightly
lower rate; $1480 for the 1916 dupli-
cate in comparison with rate of
$3.50 in effect for 1945.
Beaverdam villages rate of S18
is the same as last year, and Rich
land township in the Beaverdam
school district will pay $14.90 as
compared with SIS in 1945.
Detailed tabulation of the various
rates follows:
Inside Outside Total
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-06
Harold HiIty Gets
Degree At o. s. u.

Harold Roland Hilty, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Chris Hilty, of Spring
street, last week received his Master
of Arts degree in graduation exer-
cises for the summer school of Ohio
State university. Hilty is teacher
in Findlay.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

tHN tSt4ttS Va" ttL ANtND NNF tNC - N'N
even during the var press and radio censorship vas on a volun-
tary basis
Even after VI day. newspapers and radio stations agreed to
"ay-of when the Army or Navy urged them to cooperate and
submitted good arguments for SC dong. Reporters. however. have
become sHaPtcal about such agreements
Recently one admiral refused TO give out information about fleet
units due 70 come home for a gala Navy day celebration. One serv-
ice broke the story anyway and a few hours later the Navy issued
8 fairly complete list OF ships due home.
. THE PHILIPPINES scheduled for independence by next July 4,
want 20 years of free trade with the United States To prospective
opponents of the idea. Resident Commissioner Brig Cen Carlos P.
RomuIo argues
You viii lose trade with us in proportion as " e have to sur
render your markets This Will be no more to our liking than to
that of American manufacturers and exporters who viii have to
meet tariff barriers in the Philippines rising year by year against
them
Romulo scorns a proposal that the United States contribute
$1,000 900 to Philippine reconstruction. That sum. he says, is
equivalent to exactly one-thrteenth of the damages to property in
our islands a s assessed by VI own experts"
. THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP intends to make a
The proposal first "a advanced by Rep Harold Knutson () Of
Minnesota. ranking member of the tax-WritIng
House Ways and Means committee. and has the COP TO
wholehearted support of Minority Leader Joe 49,.
Martin ''
COP congressman also Will back complete repeal Tax Gu.
of the S5i2 per cent excess profits tax n or
poratOns
The Democratic position o n taxes has not yet jened.
. THE BELL BOTTOM TROUSERS with one-pocket uniform
dear to the girl IN every port ire slated for a cutback-and not
In material either
A e. regulation uniform not vet announced by the Nayv On
replace the socaned monkey suits of Uncle Sans seamen.
With the Navy turning thumbs down n the traditional sailors
uniform. some Of the colorful spirit of the hale and hearty lads Of
the YEA Is lost. .---
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

All branches Of our armed
forces receive the mercy of
your dollars. They bring
everything from checker
boards to Bob Hope.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

They provide rest and rec
reation for the heroes Of
our Merchant Marine, the
men who deliver supplies to
every fighting front,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

"HonoraDly Discharged"
returned to civilian life.
Your dollars give counsel.
aid,
LEGAL guidance, etc.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

They help restore the
wounded, in mind and spirit.
Over 500 US.O. clubs near
hospitals eiveaid and relaxa-
ton 10 Convalescents,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

Not all our men are fighting
Japs. Thousands serve in
conquered lands and at for
eign bases. Your dollars
bring them recreation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

Now, more tnan ever, your
dollars are needed to serve
ourmen throughout lifelong.
hard road to final Victory.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15
WASHINGTON Repent
brove, view Postwar
Wohd-Where Is II?
Suggests Lewis leod
tobor Our Of Middle
ey HELEN eSSAPY
Central Press CoiannlSt


. "ASttiNGTON-"e have been mighty busy lately digging ot
~ half forgotten eRganCleS We have been mighty happy as we
busted of the little rehnements that used TO decorate life before
Pearl Harbor
We have been singing gay little pieces Of music. of triumphant
muse as We hLsLL-- lhnlt- nIannLrs haL-aA& n-Hlns now clnthea
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

Your dollars bring the
"smiles of Stars each week
to more than a million men,
wherever they are, through
U.S.O. Camp Shows.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

II China, the Philippines, all
over the world, destitute
and helpless people are aided
by a share OF your War
IunI dollars.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

Your dollars dom forget our
gallant WACS, and Army
Nurses. To thousands of
them, the use is the near
est thing to home"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-15

Through your Community
War Fund, your dollars lend
a helping hand to wives,
children and families Of our
men in service.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
BdyCityMdnDies
|nP|qneCrdsh

CARO-. Aug. 17-Martin r
Weiland Jr. 27, of Bay City was
killed at IS p. m. Thursday, and
his uncle. Myron Zielinski, "a, OF
Bay City. seriously injured when
the airplane in which they were
occupants. crashed into a sugar
beet field on the farm of Almon
LetSon, five miles west of Fair
Grove Zielnski was removed by
ambulance TO Mercy Hospital in
Bay City.
Coroner Lee Huston said there
would be no inquest. Weiland
received a fractured skull and
both arms and both legs were
broken.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
Chippewa Box
Social Tonight

Mt. PLEASANT. Aug IA
box social Will be held tonight at
the Chippewa reservation COM
munity house. near Mt Pleasant
10 raise funds for the Chippewa
camp meeting
Mrs Elizabeth Wabinaw is the
social chairman Indian corn Will
be served with the box social.
Willis Jackson Is chairman for
the camp meeting TO be held Aug
26 10 Sept 80. lie expects many
Indians VIII come from all parts
Of Michigan and other states and
Canada 10 the camp meeting.
More than seven Indian tribes
were represented AZ last year S
meeting.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
Jap P0Ws Searching
Guam for StrdggIers
Program, suppled by radio sta

GUAM. Aug. II INS)--A vol
unteer Jap major and 33 of his
men. acting under military orders,
today were securing Guam's hills
and iungles IN an effort TO induce
die-hard holdouts of the defeated
enemy garrison 10 surrender.
The JapS, all prisoners of war,
were released under safe conduct
passes IN an effort TO bring IN
some 200 Jap troops still in hiding
on the island
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
e WISHING WELL q
BY MaeLsan
By Wall Disney
The pstrsit lines
BY Jimmy Halo

ERE pleasant little game give you message
every day 1t is numerical puzzle designed to spell out
fortune Count the letters first the number
Of letters subtract II The number less than
add g. The result your number Start at the upper left
hand Of the rectangs check key
numbers left right Then read the the letters under
the checked figures give you. ALA
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
Bay City Ship Plant
Production Halted

BAY CITY. Aug. 17-Closed for
TWO days by the presidential proc
lamatlon, Bay City industrial
plants resumed operations today.
Only war plant hit thus Car
by The governmental cease pro-
ductlon order IS Defoe Shipbuild-
ing Co Other war plant owners
expect contract cancellations mo-
mentarily, however.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
WILLIAM R. MARA

Although undecided about his future
college course or life career, Mara IS tram
ing right nov TO meet the public by own
ING Detroit Tunes NnsVspiper route.
Since Bill started a, carrier two
month, ago, he hs, inereNcd the number
Of his customer, from iA toN51, while
selling $500 war stamps 20 subscribers
IN Beleterre, Webb. Tuxedo and Nlrdin
The son Of Mr. and MIR, Russell Mara,
loOl' Belleterre. I2-ycIr-old Bill fivors
nuNe and reading At 81 Csorha where he
Is B student IN the sixth grade lie
also attends 81. Ceci,as Church.
Bills spare tune IS spent pla,lns tottbill
in 7 he Detroit Tunes Garner League. col
leeuns army insignia and rirucPatns IN
Scout setIyities.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

Try 'em frst thing tomorrow morn
ing. Bet you go for second helpings
Of milk. fruit, and Wheaties. we'll
known Breakfast Of Champions.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, is one of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
"I'll bet he hugs his nom frsti"
&c
rHt DETROIT TIMES

Wen bet on Mom--and Wheat
les. Those luscious whole wheat
fakes are famous for alluring
nouyishment, come hitherr flavor.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Pulls Weeping Soldier TO His Feet

Patton again tapped him on the shoulder pulled him
to his feet, told him to "be man. The boy said
thing about mo officer being allowed to haul enlisted
man around" Something snapped in Patton's mind.
He slapped the boy the face called him coward
nurse screamed. Doctors up There hot
words, both ways.
Patton's friends held he trying snap the boy
out of it Whatever the the story of the incident
spread.
Patton, truly sorry apologized 10 the boy and to his
whole command The incident by decision of Gen, Eisen-
hover, would have ended there.
But some wrote about II. A Washington columnist
printed and the fat the fire. 1t held up Patton promo
ton, might have him Eisenhower stood
firm.
Patton disappeared. The Germans thought he in
Corsica preparing force for north Italy landing His
critics in America held he had been relieved
From August 1943 to April, 1914, really knew
. except the American high command.
Then from the little town of Kunord in the British Mid
lands story broke day quoting Cen Patton having
made speech TO small group who preparing open
. canteen for American troops.
He quoted stating il the destiny of the United
States and Britain to rule the postwar world He didn't
on Stain Russia That story passed by British
Turmoil broke out aganand Germany knew for the first
: time that Patton in England.
The Patton critics in America bared again with demands
for his military head.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
M Arthur Death
.PIotters Tracked

TOKYO, Dec - dNS)-U. s.
Army couuter-intcIiigcnce officers
moved swiftly today 10 apprehend
japanese hothcadS s reportcdly
urging assassination of Gen. Mac
Arthur.
Threats against Tho life Of the
upreme commander were re-
ported 10 Allied h-jdquarterS by
Toichiro Arakt >ell-Styled Jap
patriot" and disclosed by Mac
ArthurS military secretary Col
Herbert Wheeler.
Araki informed Col Wheeler
that the hotheadS. whose identi-
ties were withheld, had declared .
"Mac Arthur i wr0nging
Japan. and the only way Is 10
Kill him."
Araki said this threat had been
voiced during his 'No-wcck cam
paign in behalf Of 1t. Gen Yama-
Shita, under sentence 10 hang for
war crimes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

Gen. Eisenhower had picked Patton to lead the armored
Army of Hlers Fortress Europa began
months later and Eisenhower held to his decision What
actually had happened had been breach of British censorship
inadvertant otherwise
Patton spoke little group of British of the
the understanding that there would be
publicity
his staff who certain he did
mention local correspondent of the Manchester
quoted m sighting Uncle joe Stain.