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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
MAN RAISES HIS ARMS
ABOVE HIS HEAD FOR
FIRST Time in YEARS

A few days ago a man said the
rheumatic pains in his arms and
shoulders disappeared and now he
can raise his arms above his head
for the first time in years. He said
the pains he used to have from this
rheumatism were simply awful.
Sometimes his knees and hips were
stiff and sore, but the pains were
mostly in the back of his neck and
across his shoulders. Now, however,
his suffering is entirely gone and he
says the change is due to taking
RHU-AID. "Oh! What relief!v,
states this man. "Why don't other
rheumatic sufferers get RHU-AID." ]"
RHU-AID is a new formula. 1t
contains Three Great Ingredients, so
it is almost like taking three medi-
cines in one. 1t goes right to the
source of rheumatic aches and pains.
Miserable people soon feel different
all over. So don't go on suffering
Get RHU-AID. Hauenstein G. Son
Drug Store.
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I.FGAI. NOTICE

LEGAL NOTlCE
In the Court of Common Pleas of Allen
County, Ohio.
Case Number 37Ilo.
Dale r. Stemen. Plaintiff. vs.. John Happers-
berger and L. w. Reid. Defendants.
The Defendants, John Happersberger and
L. w. Reid. the heirs at law, devisees. lega-
tees. trustees, assignees. receivers, benefici-
aries. the surviving spouse. the surviving di-
vorced spouse. children, descendants, credi-
tors. successors in interest. executors. admin
Happersburger. deceased, and L. w. Reid.
deceased, will take notice that the 26th
day of August, 1916, Dale r. Stemen, filed
his Petition in the Common Pleas Court of
Allen County, Ohio, in number 37ll0,
against them and others praying for a decree
quieting title in the alternative for an
order marshalling liens against said De-
fendant John Happersberger and said Defend
ant l.. w. Reid, to or on the following real
estate. described in said Petition sto-wIt:--
''lot numbers 10S62 and 10S99 m the Hover
Park Allotment Addition to athe City of Lima,
| Allen County, Ohio"
The prayer of said Petition is for decree
quieting Plaintiffs title against all the
Defendants or in the alternative, marshallng
liens, sale of property and equitable relief
Said Defendants required to answer said
Petition on or before the End day of Novem-
ber, 1916, or judgment and decree will be
taken against them in accordance with the
prayer of the Petition.
DALE II. STEMEN
Miner A. Atmur and Oren E. Dickson,
His Attorneys,
By John III. Romey.
son National Bank Building. Lima, Ohio. 26
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Stunt Filler Puts On
Final Show

Mike Murphy, head of the Ohio
Oil Co.'s aviation department at
Findlay and a prominent stunt fier,
apparently meant what he said when
he made his final exhibition of
acrobatic and precision flying on the
last day of the recent Cleveland air
races.
To prove it, Murphy sold his
plane to Beverly Howard, Orange
burg, S. c., exponent of the ham,
merhead stall, who won the national
acrobatic title at Cleveland.
The Findlay man, holder of a
string of flying championships,
taught American soldiers how to
pilot glider planes, and, as q
colonel in the Army Air Forces, is
credited with having landed the
first glider in France in the Nor.
mandy invasion.
Presumably henceforth he vii
confne his flying to the more con
ventional type.
al am not a daredevil or stun
flier," Murphy always has insisted
81 fly for precision"
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Richland Center

Harvest Home and Homecoming
Festival at Emmanuel Evangelical &
Reformed Church, Sunday Morning
services at 10:45 a. M, basket dinner
at noon, afternoon services at 300
p. m. Rev. Harry Bredeweg of Clay
City, Ind, will be the guest speaker,
everybody welcome.
Karen and Joyce Zimmerman spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
Frantz and daughters. Evening call
ers were Mrs. Sam Badertscher and
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmerman and
son Gary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Basinger and
daughters and Amos Basinger called
Friday evening on Mr.. and Mrs. Men
no Basinger and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Marquart and son
and Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Marquart
and daughter were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hapner
of Dayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Gratz and son
James, Miss Jane Howe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Moser and sons, Mr.. and Da-
ma Moser, Mrs. Ralph Wofley and
daughters Beverly and Marylin of
Kenton, Mrs. Minnie Moser and jim
my Matter and Donnie Leiber We're
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Rolly
Moser and sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Zimmerman
and family of Findlay, Miss Bernice
Zimmerman, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Mel
linger and Bobby Bixel were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Andy
Hochstettler and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Luginbuhl, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Coon and daughters
spent a few days at the Mrs. j. l.
Luginbuhl home, other Sunday after
noon callers were Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
| Courtney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Badertschei
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Badertscher and sons were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Badertscher and son.
| Mrs. Donivan Gratz and son OF
Souderton, Pa, returned home Friday
after spending the past two weeks
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
| AmstutZ.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Schaublin were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Emanuel Boutwell,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Core ant
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Graft
were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs
Howard Maidlow and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Basingel
called Sunday afternoon on Mr.. anc
Mrs. Malcolm Ewing.
Mrs. c. E. Green and daughter
Kathleen and son William of Unio
polls, Mrs. Robert Martin and daugh
ter Joan of Wapakoneta and Mis-:
Marjorie Green of Los Angeles, Calf
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. ant
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Raid Three KentOn
Gambling Places

In breakdown on re-opened
gambling places within Kenton city
limits and vicinity, Kenton police
and Hardin County sheriff's deputies
raided three gambling houses, taking
five men into custody.
Held are M. L. Anderson, Dick
Huston, Phillip Wisse, David Ham
ilton and Edward Buerger, Sheriff
r. r. Clark reported.
Pinball machines and quantity
of poker chips were confiscated. Two
places raided were in Kenton, and
the third, the Boots and Saddle
Club, is just outside the city limits.
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hospital after first aid.
Tractor Crushes Boy
Driver In MiShap

Edward Mag, 10, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Mag, at Ottoville,
was killed instantly when he was
crushed as a tractor backed into an
excavation pit at the Robert Wanne-
macher home pinning him between
the steering wheel and house.
Edward and two companions at
tempted to start the tractor and set
it in reverse motion. His body
could not be removed until the To-
cal fire department arrived to pull
the tractor up the incline.
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"Task Force Frigid"
To Test Lima Tanks

The army's task force frigid,"
conducting cold weather tests on
fighting equipment in Alaska this
winter will try out the effects of
the severe conditions there on tanks.
1t was learned from a war
department source that at least one
each of the army's six types of
tanks will be shipped shortly to
Alaska. Some will go out from the
army ordnance depot at Lima.
Hundreds of other equipment
items, from clothing to radar, will
get similar tests.
The present tank models will be
tested to see what notifications, il
any, are needed to enable them to
operate efficiently in an area where
blizzards are frequent. The ac
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Three Pupils Injured
Saving Dogs Life

Three Kenton High School seniors
were injured when Richard James,
driver of a car in which they were
riding, swerved to miss a dog in
the highway, overturning the car
and throwing out two passengers,
Mary Lou kordenbrock and Robert
Bailey.
All three were taken to Antonio
Hospital here. Young James has a
broken leg, Robert Bailey, head in
juries with possible fractured
neck, and Miss Kordenbrock lacera-
tions and other undetermined in
juries. The accident occurred on
Route CT between Kenton and Up
per Sandusky.
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ArnOrsville

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty at
tended the funeral of Clyde Pees
Monday p. m. at Dunkirk
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Boyd, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dick Boyd, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Boyd, Bob Boyd, Miss Ruth Boyd,
Mrs. Lois Boyd and Mr.. and Mrs. Vir-
gil Boyd all of near Findlay enjoyed
weiner roast with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Clauss and family Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty call
ed Sunday evening on Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Friedly and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Thayer of
near Lafayette and Mr.. and Mrs. G.
p. Oberly of Lafayette called Sunday
evening on Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. King
ler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Clauss of near
McComb and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Smith of near Findlay enjoyed a
weiner roast with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Clauss and family Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Klingler, Jr.,
and son Keith, Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Wilkins and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E. Klingler were Upper Sandusky
callers Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs H. o. Hilty are visit
ing their son Reed and family of New
York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Ireland and
daughter Jean of Findlay took Sun
day dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. O. P.
Hartman and son. Afternoon callers
were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grismore
and daughters.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19

Mrs. Henry Green and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmerman
and son Gary called Sunday afternoon
on Mrs. Dorothy Zimmerman and
family of Defiance.
Jack Shea and two boy friends of
Ashtabula and Miss Jane Howe We're
Sunday evening supper guests of Mr..
and Mrs. J. L. Gratz and son James.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Weaver called
last Wednesday at the Ernest Gratz
home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Average 10 Tons To-
matOes At DelphOs

Farmers will average 10 tons of
tomatoes per acre this year despite
the cool weather.
While growers are transporting
tomatoes in double trailers, the ST.
Marys Packing Co. of Delphos and
Van Vert, is experiencing the worst
labor shortage in history. Several
days this week employees were
transported to Van Vert to work
on night crews to keep jlants
operating.
Because of the labor shortage
most tomatoes are turned into juice
and puree.
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KentOn Phone Plant
Under Construction

Ground has been broken here and
construction started on the 200 by
60-foot factory building of the
North Electric Manufacturing Co. of
Gallon.
The brick building will be devoted
to the manufacturing of telephone
equipment, particularly dial phone
instruments and automatic switching
equipment Seventy per cent of the
employees will be women.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19

campus when an electrician inadver-
tently connected the wrong wires.
In making repairs to the lighting
system at the camp, the electrician
got his wires crossed and as a
result 220 volts was turned in on
the equipment designed for only
10 volts.
The camp was without lights and
power for nearly "a hours while the
situation was being corrected.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
PUTNAM COUNTY
Two Escape Death In
Dynamite Blast

Two Delphos men escaped death
at Ottoville when stick of dyna-
mite exploded prematurely from a
defective fuse. Joseph Suever, So
and his son Paul, %, were drilling
we'll on a farm northwest of that
place.
The Suevers were unable to drop
the charge before it exploded. Paul,
with eye and face injuries, is con-
fined to ST. Rita's Hospital at Lima.
The father was released from the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
HANCOCK COUNTY
Truck Driver Injured
AS Bridge Collapses

Myrl Winkins, 90, employee of
the Hancock County engineers of
flee, received a leg injury when a
bridge over Tawa Creek collapsed
as he was crossing it in a truck
load of stone.
The truck was half way across
the 63-foot span when the bridge
started to give away. The front
wheels passed safely onto the road
way at the end of the bridge but
the rear wheels struck an abutment.
The truck frame buckled, dump
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Schools Hope To Keep
'45 Prices For Lunches

AS cafeterias in Findlay High
School and two junior high school
buildings opened, Supt. F. L. Kinley
said an attempt will be made to
continue prices as they were last
year.
The schools have applied for
participation in the state-federal
school lunch program through which
public funds are distributed to help
meet the cost of school lunches, Mr..
Kinley said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19

cumulated snow some times is five
feet deep at the end of winter near
the Fairbanks area where the
maneuvers will be conducted. The
daily average minimum temperature
is about Is degrees below zero for
the months of December, January
and February.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
StOber Heads Ada
Picnic Assoc.

Paul Stober of southwest of Ada
was named president of the Farmers
and Merchants Picnic association,
succeeding Carey Clum at the an
nual meeting. The board voted to
turn over all records of this years
picnic, amounting to S505, to the
Memorial park board, to be used
toward development of the picnic
grounds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Liquidate Assets

Liquidation of assets in the Del
phos Saving and Loan Association,
has been completed.
Final payment of the first and
final interest started Monday in the
amount of 2814 per cent.
Fifteen previous payments a.
mounted to 100 per cent for de-
positors. The only loss in liquida-
ton will be to stockholders in the
company.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Shoot Oil Well On
GilbOa Farm

Good results were reported when
an oil well was shot on the Homer
Baker farm.
Three shots were required to blow
the well, which extended deep into
the Trenton rock. The we'll had
filled 400 feet just before the ex-
plosive was set off.
A quantity of gas and oil were
reported from the we'll with pros
poets for a good output.
The lease is owned by Abbott and
Abbott of Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
Indict Ex-Justice For
EmbeZZlement

The Hancock County grand jury
returned an indictment against
Charles c. Hollinger, former Findlay
justice of the peace, on an embez-
Element charge.
Holliger was indicted first for
alleged misappropriation of $555 of
an appearance bond, and second for
alleged failure to pay to the county
$18755 in fines collected.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-19
One Benefit Calls For
Another

In a donkey ball game held at
Kenton as a benefit for the Amvets,
John Dee Keckler broke his arm
when he fell from one of the an
imals, Now another benefit game
is to be held, without donkeys, to
pay Keckler's expenses.
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Fire Runs Rampant
When Chief Takes
Vacation

Kenton firemen believe Chief
Ralph Jones had a premonition of
things to come when he left for
his vacation.
While he has been absent the
fire department has made 80 runs,
mostly grass fires.
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HARDIN COUNTY
Anyway He Eliminat-
ed All Wrong Numbers

There were no wrong numbers for
the residents of a section of east
Kenton. In fact, many telephone
users didn't get single ring.
The reason:
A gas company employee was cut
ting stubborn "root" of a tree
from the ground. He finally cut it
in two.
The root was 25-line telephone
cable.
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ALLEN COUNTY
Install Gate System

The 100000 automatic flasher
short arm gate system being INSTALL
ed at all street crossings at Delphos
BY the Pennsylvania Railroad will
be completed within two weeks, ac-
cording to p NJ. Roeper, district
superintendent.
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Trailer Camp At Ada
Gets Wires Crossed

Several radios, electric ovens,
irons and light bulbs were burned
out at homes in the Presser trailer
Camp, Ohio Northern university
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NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

ing a quantity of stone over the cab
and crushing it, but not enough to
pin down Mr.. Wilkins.
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LEGAII NOTICE

In the Court of Common Pleas of Allen
County Ohio. Kathk zen Ell. Thornberg. By
Georgia Robinson. her naefher and next friend
Plaintiff. vs. James & sThornberg. Defendant
Case No. s7oi6. Ese defendant who reside.
take notice that on July "a. 1916. plaintiff
filed the above action against the defendant
praying for a divorce. custody of the child
alimony and maintenance for herself and
child and attorney fees. The defendant is re
ouired to answer on or before September IS
1916. after which date said action will be
for hearing.
Light & Siferd.
Attorneys for Plaintiff. q
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LEGAL NOTICE

William Marue Crosley. also known as
William tBiln Mason, whose last known
place of residence was cs~~ Fl. L. Shaw.
that Mildred Olive Crosey has filed her Pc
tition against him for divorce. custody of
children. alimony. injunction and all proper
relief the grounds of gross neglect of
in the Court Of gommgh Pleas of Allen
County, Ohio. at Lima, Ohio. Said cause may
be heard ard tdeefaed afAr the expiration of
six weeks frofn the firsf publication of this
notice.
Mildred Olive Ct lbsley. Plaintiff
By Clarence G. MiNer. Her Attorney,
504 Citizens Bldg. Lirql, Ohio %
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R u P 7 u R E
SHIELD EXPERT HERE

SHIELD EXPERT HERE
III. Nj. SHEVNAN, widely known
expert of Chicago, will personally be
at the Barr Hotel, Lima, Saturday
only, September Is, from 9 A. Nj. to
p. Nj.
Mr. Shevnan says: The Zoetic Shield is
tremendous improvement over all former
methods. effectlng immediate results. 1t will
not only hold the rupture perfectly no mat
ter the size or location but it will increase
the circulation, strengthen the weakened
parts, and thereby close the opening in ten
days the average case, regardless of heavy
lifting straining any position the body
may assume. "A nationally known scientific
method. No under straps cumbersome ar
rangements and absolutely medicines or
medical treatrnents.
Mr.. Shevnan will be glad to demon
strate without charge.
$500 N. Artesian Ave-, Chicago 45
Large incisional hernia or rupture
following surgical operation
especially solicited.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Z STATE nE OHIO

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
THE STATE OF OHIO
Allen County. SIS.
Estate of Catherine Basinger, Deceased.
John w. Basinger of r. f. D., Columbus
Grove, Ohio. has been appointed and qualified
as Executor of the estate of Catherine Ba-
singer late of Allen County. Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 5th day of September. 1916.
RAYMOND P. SMITH,
Probate Judge 23
News want ads bring results.
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News want ads bring results.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
M<HMxr

HEATHEN. A Boston bred Army
officer was transferred to Salt Lake
City. The first time he took a stroll
around the city proper, he got to
talking with little Mormon girl at
a soda fountain
I'm from Boston," he said at one
point in the conversation. DO you
know where that is?"
''Oh, yes" she said eagerly. Our
Sunday school has missionary
there
OUCH, LADY. If government prop
aganda works out we'll, you may soon
be getting your teeth pulled by
smart blonde. A Department of
Labor Bulletin points out that den-
tistry is promising field for women
- of the 10000 dentists in America,
5000 are men. There are very few
occupations left in which women are
50 greatly outnumbered. Wake up.
ladies - to the forceps and drill!
THE 'ILLI0NS. We've always been
fascinated by the names for very high
numbers, such as quintillion. sextil-
lion, septlllion and so on up to duo
decillion. which is the highest we
ever heard of. And now, finally, we
have an excuse to talk about them.
Within a week, two readers have sent
in gargantuan items; the first, from
]. T. G., states that scientist has
figured out that it takes one quadril
lion snowflakes to cover an acre of
ground. Having got safely into April,
we can afford to laugh it off.
The second item comes from chess
Evening star., 1946-04-07

fan, N. w. He tells us that there are
69,5l8, ,82e, ,lOO, ,544, 600, ,OOO, ,O0, ,000,-
600 possible ways of playing the first
lOmoves in chess. In other words, 10y
octillion - and, brother, that's Just
about one sixth of a nonillion!
Personally. we prefer dominoes.
BELL GIRL. Speaking about work.
ing girls, up in Connecticut there IS
a Miss Josephine Clark who awakes
at the first sound of the alarm clock
and rushes to her job, which consists
of listening to alarm clocks all day.
She is tester for a big clock concern
in Bridgeport; and unlike every other
citizen of the u. S., the only time she
throws clock out the window is
when it doesn't ring.
Evening star., 1946-04-07

The hylas shrill in the lowlands at
dusk, and you are hearing the spring
song of centuries. The whistling
wings of wild ducks beat the chill air
ofdawn, and you are seeing Spring on
its eager way north from the marsh
lands of the Carolinas, hearing the
wings of season already old when
the Mississippi carved its first chan
mel. Hepatica, the Iverwort of the
woodlands, spreads its lustrous petals
of ilac-white, and you are Witnessing
the upthrust of ten thousand Springs.
ALI of them have been compressed
into stem that you can sever with a
hngernail.
SPRING is all these things, and it is,
as we'll, an awareness of them all to-
gether. Its pulse is as clearly felt on
Vermont hillside as in a Louisiana
bayou, in Minnesota oat field as ON
the rolling plains of Texas. Stand
on hilltop in April, anywhere in
America, and you feel it, beating its
strong, slow rhythm through your
whole being. For Spring is change
and Spring is continuity. Spring is
growth and strength renewed, and
the certainty of things eternal.
Evening star., 1946-04-07

CTAND on an April hilltop and
y you can see Spring, and hear it,
and smell it.
The sun has new strength, new
benevolence. The wind has fresh,
earthly breath and a tolerance and a
warmth that were not there month
ago. In the treetops down along the
stream glows the crimson promise
of swamp naples beginning to burst
bud.
You see Spring, and you hear it,
and you smell it in the wind. But
most of all, you feel it. Feel it in the
earth beneath your feet, silent
strength that can sProut seed and
bud root, nourish harvest and
clothe the hills with oak and hem
lock. The enduring strength of the
hills, now vibrant with the pulse of
Spring.
For Spring is change, and more
than change. All life has its cycles,
but here is the great beginning, the
renewal and the resurrection of that
which was outwardly dead. The
gnarled apple tree puts forth new
shoots, and the birch stump sprouts
again. The stem, the bud, the BIOS