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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
ArmOrsville

Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Moser and
family, Mrs. Edith Fox and son
Jimmy spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Zerante and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Geiger and
daughters called Monday evening at
the Chas. Montgomery home.
Mrs. B. ]. aStratton and children
spent Monday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Hartman and
granddaughters Dorothy and Geneva
Grismore spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hinely of
Toledo and also called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Feel also of Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hall and
children called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Moore and family Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Victoria McCarty and son
spent Monday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Erwin Moser.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Klingler were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. E. Klingler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Moore spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Marshall.
Mrs. Chas. Montgomery and
daughter Sue called on Mrs. Ward
Hunlock, Mrs. Cleo Smith of Lima,
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Carl McCafferty and Miss
Margaret Guider called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Guider and daughter,
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Montgomery
and daughter Sue called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Schantz and son, Mrs.
Hattie and Earl Turner, Sunday
afternoon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
Life Of St. Patrick Commemorated
Here With Observances Saturday

Although there is much legend and
uncertainty about ST. Patrick, famed
Irish Bishop and religious organizer,
great portion of the civilized
world commemorated his life with
observances OF various types on Sat-
urday.
There is probably no other saint
about whom so much uncertainty ex-
lists. 1t is not even known whether
March II is the date of his birth or
the date of his death, though it
sometimes is said to be both.
According to the best authorities
Patrick was born about A. d. 1856.
His talents as an organizer were
soon developed and in a short time
he understood how to adapt the su-
perstitions and the pagan rites which
he found to the teaching of the
church.
His organizing genius and proma-
tional ability can be seen in his
founding of 365 churches, numerous
schools and colleges and many other
contributions to the civilization of
mankind.
The most popular of the legends
regarding ST. Patrick is that which
gives him credit for driving all the
snakes and vermin out of Ireland.
The story as current today is told
in one of the most popular Irish
songs, of which the following is an
extract:
There's not a mile in Ireland's
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
MANY Garden Flowers Now Common
First Found In South America

/ forgotten and few would think of
being grateful to the Americas for
their contribution to the realm of
| flowers.
Mexico-known even today for the
beauty and abundance of its flora
is the native land of probably a
greater variety of decorative plants
than any other country of the hemi-
sphere, but we find that we may
include flowers from many other
regions of the continent if VIC want
to make a Pan American bouquet.
No American flower is probably
better known and admired through
out the world than the dahlia. 1t is
numbered among the dozen or so
flowers of high rank which have
special societies and exhibits in
Europe and America.
Named after the Swedish natural
list Dahl, its birthplace, however, is
Mexico. 1t was cultivated in the
gardens of the Aztec emperors who
knew not only the single species but
also the varicolored and the semi
double ones.
Yet, in spite of the fact that the
early Spanish conquerors must have
come in contact with it, it is be-
lieved to have been taken to Europe
only in 1890.
Other Mexican-born blooms are the
light and delicately-colored cosmos
/ one of whose varieties is called
"gallitos"-little cocks-and the bril-
liant poinsettia which has become
throughout the Americas the symbol
of Christmas.
In some tropical regions of the
continent this flower is almost as
abundant during the month of Dec
ember as roses are in early summer
in the temperate zone, and its gay
red blossoms decorate gardens and
hedges at Christmas time.
Also native of Mexico are the
yellow prickly poppy and the sturdy,
colorful zinnias so popular now all
over the world for table arrange
ments.
So-called French and African mari
Colds are-in spite of their name
of Mexican and Peruvian origin, a
fact little known by those whose
gardens are graced by it in the late
summer or early fall.
The golden rod of the United
States has, also, its place in this
garland of Western Hemisphere
flowers, being a native of North
America.
Many a bride will be surprised to
hear that her bouquet of white
orchids, tuberoses and bouvardia is
strictly American one.
Although orchids are almost uni
versally found in tropical and tenn
perate regions, the Americas are
responsible for some of the loveliest
species. Among these are, for in
stance, two varieties of white orchids,
the "Espiritu Santo"-Holy Ghost
Of Panama and the "Monja Blanca"
White Nun-of Guatemala both of
which have been chosen by these
countries as their national flower.
AS for the lovely wax-like, heavy
scented tuberoses, they come-amaz-
ingly enough-from a plant allied to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15

Allen county's underground water
level rise was the least of IA coun-
ties in Ohio reporting gains from
February thaws and recent heavy
rains, it was reported by David
Harker, chief of the staff of the
Ohio Water Supply Board, Columbus.
Harker reported that the water
table recovery for the state as a
whole was $50 feet, with Allen coun-
ty reporting the least gain at SO of
a foot, and Gallia county reporting
the greatest increase with 1898 feet.
The underground water level,
which supplies deep wells and
springs, is the chief source of sup
ply for farmers and rural districts.
Harker predicted that by April 1
the water table would be back to
normal thruout the entire state.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
vaIedictorian and Salutatorian

isle where the dirty vermin
musters:
Wher'er he put his dear forefoot
he murdered them in clusters.
The toads went hop, the frogs
went flop, slap dash into the
water,
And the beasts committed suicide.
to save themselves from slaugh-
ter"
1t seems that wherever st. Patrick
went he was preceded by a drum.
One time when going up a hill to
preach sermon that was to put an
end to snakes, he beat the drum so,
vigorously it burst.
According to the legend, the snakes
then started to glide out of their
hiding places. Suddenly an angel
patched the drum, the sermon pro-
ceded, and all the reptiles vanished
as if by magic.
The shamrock, which is the SYM
Dol of the celebration, is worn in
commemoration of the fact that
when st. Patrick was preaching of
the doctrines of the Trinity, he made
use of this plant bearing three
leaves on one stem as symbol of
great mystery.
Despite the legendary character of
the account, the fact remains that st.
Patrick accomplished much good and
that he remains in the minds and
hearts of countless millions at this
time of the year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
Underground Water Level Rise In
County One Of Smallest In Ohio

Ground water was restored by the
heavy rains, and farm wells report
ed dry during the droughty summer
and fall months are now back IN
service, he said.
During the next summer, he ex-
planned, ground water will be more
plentiful, especially in the valleys
which are flooded now where the
waters have access to gravels sealed
off from the stream channels them
selves.
Reports for the county were COM
piled by the department from sta
tistics sent in by cooperating farm
ers in the area on the underground
levels on their farms. In this dis
trict, Auglaize county reported rise
of 1.29 feet, Hardin county a rise
of 1.08 feet, and Hancock county
I2.31 feet.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15

Rev. Russell Mast, pastor of the
Deep Run Mennonite church, Bed
minister, Pa, who will conduct a
week of special services at Grace
Mennonite church in Pandora, March
18 to 25, it is announced by Rev.
Forrest Musser, the pastor.
Rev. Mast will be accompanied
here by his wife, the former Alma
Hilty, and family, who will spend the
week with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
C. d. Hilty of Spring street, Bluff
ton.
Opening services at the Grace
church will be held Sunday at 10:30
a. m. and 1880 p. M, followed by
services every night except Satur-
day. Special music for the services
will be in charge of Prof. r. A.
Lantz of Bluffton college.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
Presbyterian Sunday
School Officers

The following officers have been
elected by the Presbyterian Sunday
school to serve for the coming year:
Supt., N. A. Triplett; assistant,
Sidney Hauenstein; treasurer, Armin
Hauenstein; assistant, Mrs. John
Blackburn; secretary, John Warren
assistant, Carl Frick; chorister, Mrs.
Sidney Hauenstein; assistant, Mari
lyn Fett; organists, Edgar Hauen-
stein, C. A. Biery; librarians, Robert
Stalter, Keith Kirkland; Supt., pri-
mary dept, Mrs. Armin Hauenstein /;
Supt. home department, Mrs. Susan
Galloway; cradle roll department,
Mrs. Woodrow Little.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15

The BIufton NeaUs presents
another IN the series of unique
features of South America.
EDITOR.
The Americas have contributed to
the world more than new riches, new
products, new lands. They have
among other things-graced civiliza-
tion with a collection of new flowers
unknown to white men before the
advent of Columbus to the Western
Hemisphere.
Most of these blossoms, however,
are now so common in other regions
of the world that their origin has been
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
window Device

A window over coal bin can be
shut without clambering over the
coal II a piece of rope or insulated
wire Is nailed just above the window
and allowed to dangle below the sill.
After coal is dumped. reach In from
outside, grasp end of rope and pull.
Wedged between sash and sill, the
rope will hold window shut.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
Joint Meeting Held

G. r. and Hi-Y members met in the
cafeteria last Wednesday evening for
a joint meeting. Rev. Gaar Davis,
pastor of the Lima A. M. E. Church,
spoke on the subject of race. relations.
Rev. Davis stated that the hope of
improving inter-racial relations lies
in the young people of today.
=
B. I'll. S. on the Air
Of the ten scheduled broadcasts
from Bluffton High School, eight more
remain. Each week one department
of the school is featured. The first
broadcast featured the Art Depart
ment; the second placed the Home
Economics Department in the spot
light; and the Music Department viii
be featured in this weeks broadcast
to be heard Friday afternoon from
LIS to las over station WIN
Dorothy Dunbar and Don Augsburgel
are in charge of collecting advertis
ing material from the sponsors, anC
jobs as ad writer's, continuity writers
and announcers are taken care of By
the Dramatics Class under the direc
tion of P. w. Stauffer.
|
Honor Roll Announced
| The following students are member:
of the Honor Roll for the fourth 81,
weeks which ended last week, leav
ing only II more weeks of school.
| Honor roll for the fourth grading
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
Notice To Bidders

Bids will be received by the Bluff
ton Board of Education for painting
and puttying sash and window
frames, etc, of the Bluffton high
school building. Specifications may
be obtained by calling at the ad-
ministration office at the high school.
All bids to be in hands of the
clerk of the board of education by
April 8, 1945 at 7 p. m. The right
reject any or all bidsJMbrhg :shlv3
is reserved to reject any or all bids.
BY order of the board of educa-
tion.
80 Leland Diller, Clerk
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15
BiUffton High School Notes

period:
7th Grade-John Bauman, Richari
Steiner, Dorohy Amstutz, Mary Balm
er, June Habegger, Dorothy Hard
wick, Villa Ann Hilty, Wanda Hoch-
stettier, Ada Mae Oyer, Lena Preto.
Mary ]. Ramseyer, Jane Riser.
9Th Grade-Roger Linden, Robert
Neuenschwander, Colletta Badertsch-
er, Joe Haller, Susanna Kempf, Bea-
trice Leiber.
9Th Grade-Harriet Burkhart, Mary
Jane Burkholder, Marilyn Fett, Dora
Luginbuhl, Marilyn Stratton.
10th Grade-Malcolmn Basinger.
Harriet Amstutz, Mary Bauman, Jo-
anne Buhler, Almeda Fem, Eleanor
Linden, Alice Pennabecker.
11th Grade-John Luginbuhl, Rob
ert Ramseyer, Elmer Stonehill. Ann
McGinnis.
18th Grade-Otto Klassen, Sarah
Amsutz, Juanita Bame, Alice Jean
Bixel, Genevieve Buhler, Lois Burk-
holder, Eileen Haller, Esther Schu-
macher, Jean Ann Steinman, Eileen
Weinhold.
Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Jean Ann Steinman, having the.
highest scholarship rating of 92.39 in
the senior class, has been chosen as
valedictorian; Juanita Bame, ranking
second with an average of 9I.76,> has
been chosen the salutatorian for the
Class of 1916.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-15

News Want-ads bring results.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-03
'How's Your Oil Fiiter?"

But with a Fran oil filter -. or a Genuine
FRAN Replacement Cartridge in Your present
hitter dirt, grit, carbon and sludge are
uttered out and oil is kept visuaHy Clean. So
visit your service station today. Have them
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-10-03

". G BONSTER. City CIerl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-03
Information Methods to be
Studied by New OPA Panel

At their next meeting, August ID.
the newly organized information
panel Of the local Office OF Price Ad-
ministration will study methods OF
informing the public Of oPA. regula-
tons.
Miss Dorothy Kiester, OF the In
formation Department OF the De-
troit office OF the OPA, stresses
need for public understanding OF
the program. with the end OF the
war with japan in sight, people
are jumping to the conclusion that
the danger OF initiation will soon
be over, the controls can be lifted.
That is exactly what happened af-
ter the last war. The l5 months
following the war saw almost as
much initiation as the four and one
half years before" she points out.
when the bubble burst, prices
dropped far below their former
level. Should control be removed
now, the results would be far great
err than in 1920 and 1921, because
everything in this war Is many
times the scale OF World War L."
she states.
The purpose Of the Ypsilanti In.
formation Panel will be two-fold.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-03
Mystery Hangs Over
Training Of Youths

this column since last September.
now rates the best chance OF sdop-
ton by congress in the end-with-
out a draft-but only after more
magic and semanties. Next will
come a report from the house mill
tary affairs committee and this may
recommend drafting. as the military
totaIitarians are in the majority
there also.
Home Compuision!
But on the floor Of the senate ana
house today, a majority for a youth
draft would be hard to and. Com
pulsion for home and school training
without a national draft Is the OBJ
vious compromise.
The army has never come for
ward with a specific outline OF what
It intended to do with the young
men II II gets control Of them for
year (no one mentions the young
women any more and I assume
they have been dropped from the
army training prosram.)
But retired officers who are going
around the country whipping up
sentiment in American Legion posts
advocate something like this:
Nine weeks basic training dunk
making. setting-up exercises. etc.):
0 weeks Of specialists training in
1000 categories In the army.
Eisenhower really proved there
must be a citizens training system,
and urged that the training pro-
more coordination between the land.
sea and air forces. But like Marshall
he did not even consider enlarging
the national guard. youth camps for
summer only. creation Of a larger
and better ofiicer reserve system,
quadrupling West Point and Annapo-
lis. injection Of military courses In
high schools and colleges as COM
pulsory subjects-or any Of the other
many excellent alternatives to the
youth draft system. founded by
Prussiafis and adopted by Nazis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-03

First, Il will acQuaint the public
with the need for price administra-
ton, so that people will willingly
comply with regulations, and Sec
ond, TO fight initiation and aid In
the reconyersion program.
The Information Panel 10 made
up Of many groups In the city and
surrounding communities. Mem
bers OF the panel donate their time
and are volunteer workers. The
following groups and organizations
are represented:
Education, Joseph p. Kelly; raci-
al. Mrs. II. Francois: rural, Albert
Amrhein; radio, Ted Turner:
women's clubs, Mrs. Char les
Cleary; Rotary, Rev. Raymon
Bair; Kiwanis. S. E. Fagerstrom;
volunteers, Mrs. A. J. Whitmire:
churches, Rev. ]. ]. Larkin; vet
Grams. Jack Willoughby; Board of
Commerce, Daniel Quirk, Jr; pub
licity. Mrs. Luella Harwood; labor,
Joseph Breuetsch.
At the initial meeting all group
members were present except three.
Mr.. Amrhein sent Clyde Breining
as his representative, Rev. William
Hoerauf for Rev. Larkin; and la
Dor was not represented due to the
strike at Motor State.
Also present we're Joseph elmer,
supervisor Of the Ann Arbor, Ypsi-
lanti. Wayne, Monroe and Plym-
outh OPA boards; Ray Burrell.
local board chairman: Mrs. Alice
Pepper, local chief clerk, and Mrs.
Claire Owens, ST. price clerk, who
act as secretary for the panel. Mrs.
Sue Walcutt will act as panel chair
man.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-03
OF


Rome, Aug. 3-AP-Pletro Mas
eagni, SO, famous composer OF Ca.
valera Rusticana and other operas,
died at 7:15 a. m. Thursday OF bron-
chial pneumonia and hardening of
the arteries.
Mascagni died at the Plaza Ho'
tel where he had made his home
recently. He leaves an 50 year old
widow.
The composer had long and
brilliant career, and had reaped a
large fortune in royalties from his
operas, particularly "Cavalleria
Rusticana," which outshone all the
others In popularity. His most re-
cent opera was "Nerone". which
had its premiere in 1885.
He had been hit hard by the war.
however. His home was seized by
the socialists after the Germans
were driven from Rome. He said
the socialists had accused him OF
having been a Fascist. When the
end Of the war came for Italy, his
fortune had vanished.
Although he had conducted op-
eras during Mussolini's regime a
few years before the war, he said
he had no interest in politics and
declared the Fascists simply ex-
plotted his name.
He lost one Of his sons In Mus
solini's Ethiopian war. The other
Domenlco, he said got tangled up
with the Fascists," and left Rome
for northern Italy before the Allied
entry.
At Mascagni's bedside when he
died were his wife and daughter,
Emmy, and the latter's son. His
daughter said the present where
abouts OF his surviving son were
not known.
Mascagni achieved fame at the
age OF 26, when "Cavalleria Rus
ticanna' won a prize competition.
"Amico Fritz and Iris" are the
best known OF his other operas,
most Of which have been virtually
forgotten.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-03

CINCINNATI-AP- A demand
for Qualification OF national legisla-
ton rose Thursday as Selective Ser
vice prepared to rule on status OF
three war veterans who refused to
join the dominant union in the
plant which gave them jobs. A
strike at the plant OF the Trail
mobile Co.. here was ayerted by
an agreement to ask Selective Ser.
vice for a ruling. and II, L. Smith,
international representative OF the
United Automobile Workers (ClO)
said draft officials had set hearing
In Washington Aug. Q.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-03
Political Peace
Cannot Survive

Ann Arbor. Mich, Aug. SAP
No political peace can long sur
vive, says DR.. Waldo G. Leland. d.
rector Of the American Council OF
Learned Societies, unless It is sup
plemented by intellectual COOP
GRAFTON among nations.
Speaking before the University Of
Michigan Postwar Conference We'd
nesday night. DR.. Leland discount
cd the contribution OF world travel
by Americans toward such COOP
GRAFTON.
Many Americans travel" he
said. chiefly for the satisfaction
Of plying other peoples, their diff
ferent standards of life and for the
pleasure of returning home"
Asserting that Mani and fascist
doctrines cannot survive free in
quiry, he said, I'VE have had good
reason to suspect the cultural &C.
tivities of certain governments as
being nothing less than psycholo-
gical warfare, undertaken for the
purpose Of furthering political poll
cies."
DR.. Leland's subject was intellec-
tual cooperation, which he defined
as that classic Of ideals which
alone can bring the intangible
peace OF mind without which no
merely political peace can long
endure"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-03
Roy to Assist in
Probation Office

The appointment OF Raymond l..
Roy, formerly an investigator for
the state liquor commission, and
member OF the Washtenaw County
Sheriff Department. as assistant
probation officer for the Washte-
nav Circuit Court. has been an
rounced by the Michigan State De
partment Of Corrections.
Mr.. Roy will assume his duties
August is. after completing a SER
ies Of instructions at the Flint and
Lansing department Of corrections
offices.
He will work under the supervis.
ion OF Mrs Carruth Cook. who was
appointed chief probation officer
and friend Of the court, last Jan
uary.
He and his family expect TO live
in Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-03

OVID. Colo.-UP-A military in.
vestigation was underway Thurs
day in the Staying OF three Nazi
prisoners OF war by their American
soldier guard as they worked in a
potato patch. Officers at nearby
Camp Carson. Colo, prison of war
internment center OF which the
Ovid camp is branch, said Purple
Heart wearer Pvt. Harold W. Gar
land. Columbus, Ind, shot the men
Wednesday when. he reports, they
to rush" him.