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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
Wax Of Tree Found Only In Brazil Has
Uses From Lipstick To Insecticides

faculties to the tree. The genus
Copernicia is exclusive to the West
ern Hemisphere and the particular
species we are interested in is fur
ther restricted to few areas in a
certain section of northeastern Brazil
of whose landscape it is a typical
ornament.
This region, which extends rough
ly from the Amazon to the State of
Bahia and includes the two principal
wax producing states, Ceara and
Piauhy, is characterized by climate
which is a combination of droughts
and floods.
During the wet season the
carnauba plant absorbs great
quantity of water which is required
to carry on its life functions. In
order to defend it from excessive
evaporation during the dry season.
nature has provided a protective
covering OF wax.
The more prolonged the dry spell
the heavier this coating of wax. Cor.
lectors having observed that during
dry years the yield is often twenty
five percent above the average.
Without a well-defned dry period
the carnauba palm would be worth
less as a producer of wax. 1t is no
surprising, therefore, that a regiol
of such strong climatic contrast
should prove to be the perfec
habitat of this interesting plant.
The tree itself is tall and straight
with wide, fan-shaped leaves attach
ed to long stalks branching out j
all directions from the crown of tn
tree to which they give pin-whet
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
AN ORDINANCE

fSecfg0n ll6Y. &. C. of Ohio1
GIVING CONSENT OF THE VILLAGE To-
THE IMPROVEMENT OF JEFFERSON
STREET UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF
THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS.
WHEREAS, The Director of Highways is
considering the matter of the Improvement
under his supervision of the public highway
known State Highway No 1885, and
WHEREAS. Jefferson Street within this
village lies in whole or part along the line
of said state highway. said jefferson street
Beginning at Main street thence proceeding on
Jefferson street in an easterfy direction to the
East Corporation Line, distance of ap-
proximately 0.274 mile S. X. 103
state highway Improvement into. within or
through this village and along the aforesaid
Jefferson street.
NOW. THEREFORE,
BIZ 1t Ordained. by the Council of the VIII
age Of Bluffton. State of Ohio
SECTION / That IL Is declared to be in
the public interest that the consent of said
village be, and such consent Is hereby given,
that said jefferson street. or so much thereof
as Is above described lying along the line Of
said State Highway No. 1ss may be improved
under the supervision of the Director Of High
wavs.
SECTION 2 That the Clerk be. and he is
hereby directed to furnish TO the Director of
Highways and to the Board of County Com
missioners of Allen County, Ohio a certified
copy of this Ordinance Immediately upon the
taking effect thereof.
SECTION g.: That this Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and after the
earliest period allowed bv law
SECTION 4: Permission granted by the
council of the village of Blutfton. Ohio, with
stipulation that said permission carries with
it no liability for payment,
Passed July Is. 1e45.
W. o GEIGER. W. A. HOWE
Clerk Mayor
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
Legend Fails After Rain And Record
July Low Come On St. Swithin's Day

continue for the next 40 days-Mon-
day brought fair weather, bright
sun and rising temperatures.
No rain was in evidence either on
Monday or Tuesday, belying the an
cient legend that 40 days of consecu-
tive rain can be expected should pre-
cipitation fall on St. Swithin's day.
The old superstition has its basis
in a legend established when do days
of rain is said to have followed a
downpour on July 10 hundreds of
years ago when the body of St.
Swithin was to have been moved
from its resting place in an English
churchyard.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19

If you, like most Americans,
think of Brazil as noted only for
coffee grot0ing, there's a surprise
aoditing you IN this article. A
tree found only IN small sec
tion of Brasil, a0hose teaves are
coated Nth ludr to combat long
periods of drought is the toortd's
source of carndubd aUdT, Uitat an
dozens of dtstries.-EDIToR.
There is more than just the
rhythm of Brazilian music on a
samba record you may buy. There
is also in it another contribution OF
Brazil, an exclusive product of that
country y:-carnauba wax-which goes
into the composition Of phonograpf
records as we'll as into that Of a
number of other important objects
In spite of the fact that it is to.
day among the first four products
exported to the United States from
Brazil Tin 1910 it was the second il
value among these products), be
cause it is only complementary
element in the manufacture Of
others, very few people have ever
heard of the existence of such ;
wax.
The carnauba is a graceful pain
tree of which Brazil has almost tn
exclusive monopoly. It's Latin ap
pellation of Copernicia cerifera wa
given it by its discoverer, DIR. vol
Marcus, in honor of the famou
astronomer Copernicus and becaus
it had the faculty of yielding wa,
Long before, the natives of tn
wild regions where it grows, ha
attributed medicinal and curatiy
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19

This summers freakish weather
provided an all-time low temperature
for the month of July early Monday
morning when the mercury dropped
to a mark of so degrees.
Cloudy skies and almost continual
rain Sunday provided fitting back
ground for the unseasonably cool
weather, which found Bluffton resi-
dents getting out the winter blankets
for their beds and building fires in
fireplaces and furnaces.
Despite the fact that Sunday was
St. Swithin's Day-with legend hav-
ing it that weather on the day will
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
Lafayette

Farm Bureau Council No. 13 met
Tuesday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Chester Patterson. Mem
bers present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
David Obenour, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Hefner and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Hefner and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Andrews and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Brackney, Mr..
Harry Patterson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Patterson and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Paisle of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19

appearance. On those leaves, like a
light coating of dust, the wax forms
to prevent excessive water from
evaporating.
The growth of the plant is slow
and only after about ten years is it
safe to start reaping the leaves, an
operation which is carried out twice
during the dry season September
December) at an interval of about
eighty days.
With knife attached to long
stick and curved like a sickle, the
worker cuts the stems and collects
the leaves as they fall to the ground.
Care must be exercised in selecting
leaves to be harvested. If very
young leaves are cut, the tree will
slowly die; if fully matured leaves
are cut, they yield little wax. Selec-
tion is based on the position of the
leaves on the tree.
Young leaves grow upright, and
then, of their own weight, bend out
ward and downward as they mature.
Leaves pointing to the rising or set
ting sun, in what natives call the
six o'clock position are old.
As a rule, the trees grow wild on
land belonging generally to wealthy
landowners who seldom collect the
wax themselves but have squatters
to do it for them.
The first move after the leaves
have been harvested is to dry them
out in the sun where they shrink
and thus loosen the wax surface.
From beating or combing them, a
powder is obtained which in turn is
Imelted into wax. When dissolved,
the wax is strained through a coarse
cloth or wooden press to remove
some of the impurities, and then al
lowed to cool. The solidified mass is
| broken into small pieces and packed
in bags.
On the backs Of small donkeys,
natives transport the wax to ship
ping centers where it is repacked in
burlap bags for export.
The day when this process of ex.
traction is modernized and made
more scientific, waste will be re-
duced, and the carnauba industry
will be even more profitable. In
1910 already, the United States i'm.
ported 1869 tons of carnauba wax
from Brazil.
While "the Importance of carnaubs
wax as a strategic material is
indicated by the fact that the War
Production Board maintains strict
control over the imports to make
sure that the supplies are channeleC
into the most essential uses which
, cannot be publicized for securit!
reasons, the peaceful application!
4 of this wax are many and can b.
e told.
From lipstick to shoe-polish, from
, candles to wire insulation, from in
secticides to records, from pharma
ceutical products to carbon paper
carnauba wax seems to find its wa.
into the composition of innumerabl
| products of our modern civilization
II But Humboldt's appellation of tn
carnauba palm tree: "tree of life" j
| further made true when one consid
ers that not only the wax but ais
the trunk, leaves, heart, sprout
roots, fruit and almonds of thf
amazing plant all have importan
and varied uses.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19

Thursday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Watt.
Mrs. Dorothy Hall is spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Hall of Indianapolis.
Mrs. Pearl Sharritts of Lima and
Mrs. Lucille Blossom of Biloxi, Mss
were Thursday guests of Mrs. Louise
Cloore.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19

Out of 5,174,00O,O00 pounds of
milk produced in Ohio during 1914,
10 per cent was kept on farms, 81
per cent was used as fresh milk or
cream in cities, and 40 per cent was
made into dairy products.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
FIXING SALARIES AND WAGES OF
THE EMPLOYEES OF THE MUNICIPAL
ELECTRIC ENERGY AND WATER WORKS,
PLANT OF THE VILLAGE OF BLUFFTON,
OHIO. AND REPEATING ALL PREVIOUS.
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT THERE
WITH.
Be 1t ordained by the Council of the Village
of Blutfton, County of Allen and State of
Ohio:
Section /. That from and after the first day
of August, 1945, the salary of the Clerk of
the Municipal Electric and Water Works plant
of said Village shall be One Hundred and Fifty
(s150.00) Dollars per month, Payable semi
monthly.
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances inconsistent herewith be, and the
| same are hereby repealed and this ordinance.
take effect from and after the earliest period
allowed by law.
Passed this 1eth day of July, 1915.
w. A. HOWE.
Mayor.
w. o. GEIGER
If CQunpiI A
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26

T/Sgt Earl Opel, son of Mrs. Rose
Opel and the late Jacob Opel, of U, S.
Route 40, has arrived home after serv-
ing tWenty-nine months overseas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26

Franklin Lee, stationed in the Army
hospital at Camp Butner, N. c., is
spending d 3O-day furlough at his
nome at Swallow Falls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26

is substituting for her
Personals
Keith Bolyard, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond B0lyard, Aurora, re-
Gently back from overseas, is home on
iurlough.
Cecil Soldiers, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thurman Soldiers, and husband Of the
former Miss Mary Harvey, all of near
Brookside, is spending a furlough at
his home
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. F. Roth and fam
ily, Of Horse Shoe Run, visited on
Sunday at Morgantown. Miss Allie
Fike accompanied them back to Egg
Ion, where she is vacationing with
her sister. Mrs. Grace Spaid, and other
relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rembold and
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rembold and
family, all Of Pittsburgh, spent the
weekend in this area.
Both Sunday School and morning
worship services have been recalled
for Maple Spring, Sunday morning,
so that all who will may attend the
all-day district convention which will
be held at the Mt Carmel Lutheran
church, Aurora.
Rev and Mrs Edward Zeigler and
family, Of York, Pa, came Monday
to visit relatives in this area Mrs.
Zeigler was the former Miss Ilda
Bittinger.
Rev. and Mrs Earle Fike and small
daughter Of Cherry Grove, W. Va.
spent few days the first Of this
week at Rev. Fixes parental home,
Eglon.
Miss Louise Roberts, Petroleum, w
Va, is visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gay Wotring, Aurora.
Keith Parks, recently home from
overseas, is at the home Of his par
ents, Mr., and Mrs. ]. W. Parks, near
Eglon
Mrs. Amos Semple is seriously i'll
at her home on Mountain Top.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26
FriendsvilIe Soldiers Home

Pfc. Robert BOwser, who served in
the European Theatre of War for
more than q year, is here on a 30-day
furlough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Bowser.
Pfc. James Schroyer returned to his
home on a 3O-day furlough and is with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Schroyer, after having been in Eu-
rope for Il months serving with the
American forces.
Pvt Joe NanSickle, who served in
Europe with the AAF, is spending a
iurlough Of thirty days with his wife
and daughter at the home of his par
cnts, Mr.. and Mrs Okey Friend
Pvt. James Skidmore, MP, San
Antonio, Texas, is here for a visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Skidmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hof recently re-
ccivod letter from their son, Pfc.
WiIbert Hotf. that he had met Pfc.
Richard Selby. a son Of MIR. and Mrs.
Ernest Selby, in Paris, and stated how
Glad they were to meet. In the evening
they enjoyed a show, starring Bob
Hope and his gang. Pfc. Hoff writes
that Selby is much heavier than when
he was in the States. They really
enjoyed talking of their home life in
Garrett county.
Pfc. Glenn Shaffer, of the Goth di-
vision, the 101st infantry, is now sta
toned in Czechoslovakia, after spend
ing four months in hospital in Eng
land from wounds received in the bat
tie for France, November s, 1914. Pfc.
Shaffer received the Purple Heart
while still in the hospital. After re-
joining his company he found he had
been awarded the Bronze Star and the
French Citation, the Croix de Guerre.
He also has three battle stars.
Pfc Shaffer is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay c. Shaffer, Red House. They
have another son, Pfc Robert j. Shat
fer, stationed in the South Pacific
area.
Staff Sergeant Kenneth G. Shaffer,
the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Shaffer,
was killed in action in the battle for
Metz on November 9. 1914
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26
NEW GERMANY

Mr. and Mrs. Flwood Broadwater
and children, Of Melcroft, Pa, were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs. FL
mer burst.
Visitors at the Willie Warwick
home over the weekend were Miss
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26

Mrs. Franklin Custer, of Mt. Lake
Park, has received word that her hus-
band, Ist. Lieut.. Franklin d. Custer,
has been promoted to the rank Of Cap
tain. Captain Custer is with the 10th
Mountain Division in Italv-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26

rope with the USA, is home on fur
Tough and is the guest Of his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Platter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26
AURORA-EGLON
Farm Women's Club Meeting

al Ai w = Naub
The Aurora Farm Women's Club
met Tuesday of last week at the sum
mer home of Misses Vera Stemple and
Ruth Hoover, with 27 members pres
Cnt.
The meeting was opened with the
song, "The West Virginia Hills" Opal
Stemple had charge of the devotions
and Mrs. Dora Stemple, the lesson.
The leader opened the discussion of
Storage Space" by having each Of
those present tell what they had ac-
complished since the former meeting
NeSta Stemple had a scrap book show
ing pictures Of step savers and stor-
age space devices. Miss Hilbert gave a
talk about what other women in the
I. S. are studying and what they are
doing to save steps.
The annual club picnic will be held
August q at 6 o'clock in Lipscomb's
camp ground. Bring a basket dinner
Body Inferred at Eglon
The body of the late Mrs. Laura
May Malloy, SO, who died Wednesday,
July Is, at her home at Rowlesburg.
was brought to Eglon Saturday and
inferred in the Union cemetery.
Brief Mention
Mrs. Iva Slaubaugh, widow of the
late Sommers Siaubaugh, of Horse
Shoe Run, received a fractured collar
bone when she fell at her home one
cay last week. She was treated by a
local surgeon.
Mrs. Frances Hamilton remains
critically i'll at the home Of her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hamilton, near Red House
Earle, the small son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ronald Martin, of Cash Valley, who
has been and is still quite i'll, was
taken to Parsons hospital for eXami-
nation.
Mrs. Ralph Evans has been serious
~ i'll at her home on Mountain Top.
Mrs, Gertrude Snyder, telephone OPP
orator at Eglon, became suddenly i'll
Sunday night and was confined to her
bed for several days: Miss IIa Harsh
Mrs, Joseph J. Sines, Oakland, has
heard from her grandson, Pfc. Eu-
gene c. Sines, who is in France; that
he is in excellent health and kept on
the move most of the time.
S/Sgt. Harry J. Philippi, of route
/, Oakland, son Of Mrs. Write Phil
ippi, is now at a staging area in Ant
werp, Belgium, awaiting shipment to
the United States under the redeploy-
ment program. He entered service on
November p, 1912, and has been over
seas q months. He participated in
campaigns in Sicily, Normandy, north
ern France, Germany. Ardennes for
est. He has the bronze star, the pur-
pie heart and cluster the combat in
fantry badge and the good conduct
ribbon, He has 80 points under the
army system.
Staff Sgt Joseph P. Sollars, after
thirty-day furlough here with his
wife and other relatives, will leave
early next WeeA for an overseas re-
assignment depot. SGT. Sollas re
turned last month from Russia after
having been assigned there for about
two years, and is expecting to be sent
| there again.
Lieut.. Julia Gonder army nurse
corps, who had been visiting her par
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26
TOWN AND FARM
WOMEN BEATING CITY
FOLKS At FAT SAVING

Our government knows that
city women have done an out
standing job saving used fats
but, now that you town and farm
women have rolled up your
sleeves, you are providing more
used fats per kitchen than any
other group in the U. S, Keep
it up! 100,000,000 more pounds OF
used fats are needed this year to
help make vital war supplies.
Without your record savings,
we'll never make that quota.
Save every drop! Remember,
it's the small amounts that fill
the salvage can faster. Drip
pings, SkimmingS, ScrapingS, and
fat scraps melted down. Your
butcher will give you red points
and up to Il a pound. If you have
any difficulty, call your Home
Demonstration or County Agent.
Approved by VIA and OPA.
Paid for by Industry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26


Carl Thrasher, EN-. &c, reported
for reassignment at the Boston Re-
ceiving Station after spending thirty
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Thrasher, Deer Park. and other
relatives.
For the past twenty-five months
Thrasher was a member Of the crew
of the aircraft carrier USS Croatan.
He has now been transferred to the
Boston Receiving Station for reassign-
ment.
Several weeks ago the New York
Times published d report given by Adj
miral Ingram, commander in chief Of
the Atlantic Fleet, in which was the
following paragraph:
Admiral Ingram gave some other
highlights of the anti-submarine cam
paign. He told how the USS Croatan's
task force group was ordered to get
certain submarine in a designated
area and how the captain set record
for brevity by replying few hours
later, complied "
Thrasher received his training at
Great Lakes Training School, and at
an Electricians School in St Louis,
Mo. From there he was assigned to
the USS Croatan at Bremerton,
Wash, before it was commissioned.
He came to the Atlantic Ocean, thru
the Panama Canal, where he spent his
past months of sea duty. He entered
the Navy August, 1912. He is al
lowed to wear two battle stars for
major engagements.
George w. Reel, S lie, who is
spending a 38-day leave with Mrs.
Huldah Schooley, Deer Park, will re-
port to Washington, D. c., on July 81,
for reassignment.
Pvt. Charles R. Mustard, attached
to an engineering corps at Camp
Croft, S. c., left Oakland on July 18th
fo,. bic boeo He ,,,;fo +1,o fo,,,,o,.
por,I croo.,. of 49,. a,,,,,,,,,,,;4,. ::
corporal hooerV L""'oil' oakland
,["' "g'' A'O"0I N"-"oun' mountain
LAKE r"IN' members OF the 44th m
""'iy VINO were brought oacN 10 the
ol"'e" IaSI ffldaE on Vhe queen Ellz-
"oeVh' arrived at thef respective
'olneS on " e0heSaay morning on 81
Gay burroughs Inc 44th infantry
cohcIuoed It's combat with the enemy
FeaSSemoIe at some point IN the cen
liaI west TO be sent to the Pacltlc area
following the expiration OF their fur
Ioughs'
**#
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26

George w. Reel, s lie, who is
spending a 38-day leave with Mrs.
Huldah Schooley, Deer Park, will re-
port to Washington, D. c., on July 81,
for reassignment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26

Mrs, Joseph J. Sines, Oakland, has
heard from her grandson, Pfc. Eu-
gene c. Sines, who is in France; that
he is in excellent health and kept on
the move most of the time,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-07-26

Pvt. Charles R. Mustard, attached
to an engineering corps at Camp
Croft, s. c., left Oakland on July 18th
for his base. His wife, the former
Beryl Gnegy, Of this community, is
residing at McKeesport, Pa.
The sub., 1945-12-20
The Yard Stroller
The METAL TRADES COUNCIL and z

The METAL TRADES COUNCIL and all the stewards and officers who worked assduousy for the of the Metal Trades show that held last Saturday at the Palmer Auditorium should be congratulated for their in defatigabe enthusiasm and enterprise
 The financial success of the venture not half as important as the FACT THAT THE METAL TRADES has created long lasting friendship and understanding between the merchants of New London and the workers who are their BEST CUSTOMERS Merchants Labor working hand in hand for the industrial development of section of the good old Nutmeg State
 Dan West, formerly worker at the E. B. in depart 1nent 332 has gone into the SIGN BUSINESS, with 8 Groton adress Dan is located at 1711a Thames Street Dan has GREAT DEAL OF FAITH in the freemen of our Township and firmly believes that there Is definite need right for couple of ambitious B. B. Tinsmths to open Groton service He has many calls for metal signs and has to far ad to have these turned out ready for his lettering
 Bob Bronsten, late of the E. B. where he worked in the Main Yard Tool Crib and the Victory Yard under
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