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Evening star., 1946-02-17

IS not to say that one of us may not
TOSS out line that makes the other
vince, and we may exchange un-
pleasant-eVen hurt-looks, but be-
cause good idea often comes out
of bad one, we are grateful for
any idea at ALL"
There by Accident.
They never put word on paper
until they know exactly what hap
pens In every scene of their play,
and they know the characters as
well as their own families. They
usually talk a play for at least a
year before they write it; talk it in
taXicabS, in subways, occasionally
they stop in the street and gesticu-
late a sequence that has Just come
to one of them.
That either of the two ever wan
dered into the theater world is lust
an accident. AS a child Lindsay
took elocution lessons because the
teacher owed his uncle a bill. His
grandmother thought Howard
would make very good actor be-
cause he liked to stay up late" but
1907 found him at Harvard studying
to become Unitarian minister. He
attributes his change of ambition to
the catalogue of drama academy
Which came his way. I'm still a
sucker for school catalogues" he
says. Even if I see one today feel
the urge to enroll"
Grouse, a newspaperman since he
was IT, worked for various Cincin-
natl papers, the Kansas City Star
and the New York Evening Post, for
which he wrote column, Left at
the Post" He wrote books ranging
from a work on Currier & Ives to
mystery stories. He became a press
agent for the Theater Guild, but
retired from this in 1887. He de-
scribes himself as having "curly
hair, liking huskleberry pie, making
his own clothes and intending to be
a streetcar conductor when he grows
up"
Next season Lindsay and Grouse
intend to have Life With Mother"
ready for production. TT would be
ready now if State of the Union
hadn't gone over" they say, but
right now we're just lying fallow."
Evening star., 1946-02-17
HOLLYWOOD

11ohb WOOb.
I am always so amused when l
see these bold, dashing male char
acters on the screen, or a lady full of
sex and adventure, and then COM
pare their parts with their real-life
personalities! Humphrey Bogart,
for instance. He's cold and cruel
and ruthless on the screen, but the
poor boy has been henpecked by a
succession of wives in private life,
beginning with Helen Mencken and
ending with Lauren Bacall. The
latter does not exactly boss Bogey
with words-a la Mayo Methot-
but she keeps him in order even
more effectively with something un-
spoken that says, in effect, Il won't
stand for too much nonsense"
Greer Carson, famous for her
screen portrayal of matrons, is a
bit on the skittish side in private
life: Shes a punster and very gay,
and, as you know, dislikes the ma
tronly roles she is asked to play
in pictures. AS a wife and mother
on the screen, Greer's clothes are
usually subdued. On her own time,
Greer can usually be found in a
spash of color-purple, green, orange
or something equally at variance
with her particular shade of red
hair.
Ingrid Bergman, one of the few
ladies born" in Hollywood, played
trollop in her latest movie, NO
torious," and that takes heap of
acting to put over. She is more
convincing as Ingrid Bergman, both
on and off the screen.
Hope q Family Man.
I think If Charles Laughton were
to see a mouse he would scream
and Jump on the nearest chair.
That's why he has to huff and puff
so much when he is playing role
like Captain Kidd or Captain Bligh.
He's a quiet, moody guy.
Whenever Bob Hope sees blond
in pictures-he whinnies through
his nose and behaves generally as
though an apopletic fit is a matter
Of seconds. I would say that he is
the family man of Hollywood and is
just not interested in any other
woman than his wife, Dolores-a
brunei. And In the evening just
try to tear him away from his two
Evening star., 1946-02-17

in ITO Have and Have Not" made
her an important name overnight.
Gary Cooper leaped to enduring
fame as a big, shy cowhand in such
early films as THE Virginian." His
lanky awkwardness, sheathing a
hard and well-muscled body, his
drawl and his incessant habit of
plucking at his chin have made him
recognizable anywhere.
George Raft came into his own
on the flip Of a coin. 1t was this
gesture, repeated so often and
casually that made him overnight
news in the film colony.
Barbara Stanwyck characteristic
cally ducks her head and passes her
hand across her face when screen
perplexed.
Claudette Colbert shows exaspera-
ton best by showing her hat back
from her face. She used this SO
effectively in "It Happened One
Night" that for the next year or
SO every youngster in the business
tried doing what directors called "a
Colbert"
Up to His Old Tricks.
Why not make it a game when
you 60 movie shopping to watch for
the distinctive trademarks and
mannerisms of the Hollywood top
notchers? Just for a few tips, pay
heed to the following:
Clark Gable-in his new picture,
Evening star., 1946-02-17
Up From High Notes
Several of Today's Best Players Came
Up as Musical, Operetta Heroes
By Joy Cormody


Young musical comedy and operea performers
especially dsconoae that their will when
sagging owls quite possible that they will end there
but there plenty evidence indicate there need for
jestic dimensions eater And the history of their
the business generation repeats
performances Washington
the work of former pusca and opea One Dennis
"Dunngans Daughter Eddie Downgs mpeonaion
the morbidly harried son in "The Glass Menagerie."
Performance Good.
Kings performance paradoxical regarded by
acting
the the villain leaving the hero looking like
wobby worth sympathy the playwright
trying him There known keeping actor
from being too good he has discovered the trick for himself
failure Whether
that it did fail result King has become available
for another Guild job which landed that of He called
Funny in Judith Guthes adaptation Of He Who Gets Slapped He
will which Abbott opened when the atac
Washington the "vagabond
melancholy ns grotestque values
quite significant how far getting away from being
typed.
Dowlng in provides even more striking Illustration
completes dramatic THE Glass
e time in the he will step into task which
would have seemed beyond former
the direction of the first
legend but the remembered trange Interude
Mourning Electra other boodg reflections the
Interpretation this his
Downgs thinking
in the last 10 made him oNes and the Theaer Guilds first
choice director and star of "Ihe Ice Man Cometh
There Also Was Cohan.
ONe for all his not without experience
vivid of the interpreter He
had that experience retains the of It, with his "Ah
Wilderness 1882 which found his the
M. Cohan.
The casting quite
most ayen at the time those who realize the
extent which musical comedy vaudeville the
talented which
winging to greatness.
That the shift from medium the other is not always
compshed instantaneous regardless Of its effectiveness
bowling his
The Glass Menagerie"
The supper Sunday
most brilliant failure the Playwright Philip
Here Come the Clowns
remembered that almost triumphant still
to find the point on which its failure turned
Il what wrong" Dowlng said clearly
modesty.
He would listen to contrary argument
Sounded ike q Musical
II not quite ready repeated II thought
wonderful wanted do than
read But to It, Moreover who had for
previous work thought musical performer
When stop to think of title like that Clowns
player might be starring lot
play. and straight
have made them forget the difference"
Bowling not merely talking modesty sounds
He really modest. And deeply
Clowns better play than it credit being always
keeps In the back of his mind the idea
Even he does not the kind the
bithe careree musical eminently
possible for such players themselves
II not such entertaining, things when the time
Evening star., 1946-02-17
TOday's Film Schedules

CAPlTOLUp Goes Maise": 425 ITO and e55 nm staoe
shows: LOS, $50, 6:35 pm ~ r- N'0ee
GOIUMsA-Ihe Harvey Girls: ao5 55 and e35 pm
EAftLE-My Reputation: l2:45, g. Sis pm ~
HIPPODROME Name Ross: O. $40 $50 $50 s1o
and $50 o' oN' N'NN
f11r THswscaret Street" $50 $40 725 and GAS pm
Last Chance: lbs 3:25,
paI 1GH 20 325 525 7so s45 pm
PIx-Mirace Of Morgans Creek" and 1905 pm
iRANS-LUX-News and shorts. Continuous pm
Coming Attractions
NATIoNAIhe Desert song Harry stockwe starting to-
morrow night -e "
cAP1roIco Ennghams Raid with Charles coburn starting
Thursday. " ' e
Wilde starting Thursday ~ ~ ' ~ -'A
EALEIhree Strangers
Fitzgerald starting Thursday. ~ ~
KEITHS-"Because Deanna D,rbin Charles
Laughton, starting Wednesday, ~ ~
iLIIE-Jane Eyre with Joan Fontaine orson Weles
Time for Comedy Stewart and
Rosand Russell, starting Thursday ~
PALACE Adventure"
fl-Ihe Fatal Witness, with Evelyn Ankers starting Tuesday
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
Receives NJ. ID. Degree
From Medical School

Jason Tripplehorn of Bluffton was
graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania Medical school, Phila-
delphia, receiving the degree of doc
tor of medicine at commencement
exercises Saturday.
DR.. Tripplehorn was on Army de-
tached service to complete his medi-
cal course and upon graduation was
commissioned first lieutenant in
the Army Medical corps.
He is spending a two weeks vaca-
tion here, returning to Bluffton with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ID. r
Tripplehorn of South Main street
who attended the graduation exer-
cises.
Early in April he will return tt
Philadelphia for 16 months servict
as inferno at Lankanau hospital in
| that city.
DR.. Tripplehorn was graduated
from Bluffton high school and Bluff
ton college previous to his entering
upon a medical career.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
With The Sick

George Klay of South Mound
street is patient in Bluffton hos
pital.
Mrs. Edgar Hauenstein of South
Jackson street is in the University
hospital clinic at Ann Arbor, Mich.
Donald Deeds, 20 year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Deeds of Beav-
erdam who received a fractured pei
Wis in an accident at Columbus has
been removed from the University
hospital in that city to Bluffton hos
pital. Deeds, a freshman at Ohio
State university, was injured when
the motor scooter which he was
riding was struck by truck at q
street intersection. His condition is
reported satisfactory.
Mrs. Frank Gibbs of Rawson un-
derwent surgical operation al
Lima Memorial hospital Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Grace Wilson of West Elm
street is a patient in Lima hos
pital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
Thing of Field for Better Drain
age is Completed as the
First Step
Playground Will Be Relocated
and Additional Equipment
Added

Inaugurating an extensive improve
ment program projected for Harmon
field this spring and summer, an
intricate network of drainage tile
was laid last week thru the baseball
diamond and the area surrounding
it at the recreation center.
Tilihg the field to provide better
drainage for the area involved
represents the first improvement
project of any extent at the recrea-
ton field since lights were installed
for night football play, back in 1897.
In the intervening years, little
has been done to improve existing
recreational facilities, a situation
that finally eliminated this spring
with the Community Progress As
sociation citing revitalization of the
recreation center as one of this
years most needed projects.
Improve Playground
Following initial publicity on the
needs of the field, the Bluffton
Business Mems association adopted
the program, and agreed to sponsor
this summers improvement plans,
including moving of the playground
location, purchase of new playground
equipment and sponsorship of full
time recreational director.
In the tiling program completed
last week, six lines of intersecting
tile were laid thru the baseball
diamond The improvement in drain
age has been badly needed for some
time, for in early-spring wet seasons,
the field is unfit for baseball play
for weeks at time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
4O-Year-Old Bridge On Elm Street
Closed BY County For Rebuilding

A 40-year-old concrete arch bridge
over Little Riley creek on West Elm
street, one of the first of its type in
Allen county, has been closed by the
Allen county commissioners for re-
building.
Strain of traffic for nearly half
century has rendered the struc-
ture unsafe, the commissioners said,
and an Allen county repair crew is
busy this week in work on the
bridge.
Built 40 years ago, the bridge was
one of the first of its kind in the
county and it has stood up well dur
ing the four decades it has been in
use. The late A. l.. (Alex) Conrad,
of Bluffton, was member of the
county board of commissioners when
the structure was built here.
During the course of repairs, traf-
fic on Elm street is being detoured
between Spring street and the Col
lege road. The street will be closed
four or five weeks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
Central Ohio POUer
Workers Vote Strike

CIO-affiliated employees of the
Central Ohio Light and Power Co. in
the Woodcock generating plant locat-
ed in Bluffton last Thursday evening
voted to go on strike to force recog-
milton of their union as a collective
bargaining agency instead of the ex-
listing Independent union.
No date was indicated. when the
strike was to be called, nor was there
any indication if such date had
been set
In 1943 vote of all Central Ohio
employees indicated their preference
for an Independents union. with GER
tification of that group as the COM
pany-wide bargaining agency follow
ing from the National Labor Rela-
tions Board.
Strike vote of CIO-affiliated en-
ployes at the Bluffton generating
| plant of the company represents a
eliminating of their efforts to obtain
recognition since that time. All
moves by the union, however, have
been without effect so far as the
NLRB is concerned, which as recently
as Jan. % ruled that further pro-
ceedings do not seem to be warrant
ed"
Following that decision, the local
union on Feb. 13 notified the Secre-
tary of Labor of the unions inten-
tion to file with the NLRB an appli-
cation to conduct strike vote.
7 h e Central Ohio's generating
| plant here supplies light and power
to many villages in the area, includ-
/ ing Mt. Cory, Rawson and the bull
Of the electric current used in Find
lay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
Bluffton Man Wins Fellowship
For Graduate Study In Seminary

The thesis which won the award
for the Bluffton man was on the
subject of Popular Response to
Gospel Preaching in the First Chris
tan Century"
Mumma is a graduate of Bluffton
high school and Bluffton college. His
wife is the former Wilma Nonna-
maker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
r. Nonnamaker of Spring street.
During the war he applied for a
navy chaplain's commission and at
present is on the inactive list of the
Chicago Naval Procurement office.
1t is of interest to Bluffton resi-
dents that the late DR.. S. K. Mosi-
man, former Bluffton college presi-
dent won the Old Testament Fellow
ship at Mccormick seminary in 1905
and his brother Edison Mosiman
won the New Testament Fellowship
in 1909
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
Garnlatter-A r-Amstutz
Wedding SOien,nized

Miss l.. Julee Garmatter, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Garmatter
of Columbus Grove and William
Amstutz, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Amstutz, Sr., of Bluffton, were
married in a double ring ceremony
at the Amstutz home Thursday
evening.
Rev. V. c. 0ppermann of the Re
formed church officiated at the
candlelight service which took place
before the fireplace banked with
gladioli, jonquils and palms. Near
relatives of the couple were in at
tendance.
The bride wore a grey suit with
black and white accessories with cor
sage of red and white carnations.
Her only ornament was a stone set
bracelet, a gift of the bridegroom.
The maid of honor, Miss Dorothy
Wenger, wore a green suit with
black and white accessories and cor
sage of pink carnations.
Roy Amstutz of Pandora was best
man.
Seventy-fve guests attended re.
ception held in the home of the
brides parents following the cere
mony. The couple left on short
wedding trip and on their return
will make their home with the
groom's parents for the present.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
Postal Inspector
Dies At BeaUerdara

Jesse F. Cordrey, go, postal in
spector, died Tuesday afternoon at
the home of his step-mother, Mrs.
Maude Cordrey in Beaverdam. Death.
due to cerebral hemorrhage, followed
several weeks illness.
Cordrey was well known in Bluff
ton, visiting here frequently in con-
nection with his official duties. He
has been postal inspector since
1907 and at the time of his death
was assigned to district consisting
of Van Vert, Allen, Auglaize and
Mercer counties.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Martha Cordrey of Lima, one broth
er in Toledo and two sisters, one re-
siding in Findlay and one in Ne
braska. Funeral arrangements are
incomplete. s5t t.# ~
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
SENIOR CLASS OF
43 TO GRADUATE
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
Names of Members of Gradual
ing Class is Announced by
Superintendent
Robert Ramseyer to be Valedic-
torian; Elmer Stonehill
is Salutatorian

Button High school viii graduate
class of 43 seniors at 1916 com
mencement exercises Thursday night
May %, in the school auditorium.
This years commencement list is
headed by Robert Ramseyer, valedic.
torian, and Elmer Stonehill, saluta.
torian, it was announced Wednesday
by Supt. Ralph Lanham
Others in the upper 25 per cent OF
the class include Leonard Smucker
Mary Louise Dean, Harold Hartman
Paul Steiner, Hugh Hilty, John Luigi
bihl, Helen Bauman, David Stearns
and Kenneth Moser..
Other graduates will include Fero'
Althaus, Donavin Augsburger, Hub
ert Basinger, Karl Basinger, Dale
Berryhill, John Bracy, Harry Burk.
holder, Marion Criblez, Margaret
Diller, Ray Follas, David Frick, Mary
Jane Garmatter, Wilma Geiger, Mar
garet Groman, Phyllis Hardwick.
James Harmon, Lois Harris, June
Hauenstein, Arthur Hilty, Patricia
Huber, Harry Klay, Robert Lee, Dor
othy Lugibihl, Phyllis Marquart
Richard Minck, Harvey Moser, Anne
McGinnis, Allison Neuenschwander
Louise Soldner, Robert Stalter
Charles Swank and Charles Stonehill
Grove Patterson, editor of The To-
ledo Blade and one of Americas best.
known newspapermen, viii be the
class speaker.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
With The Service Men

Harry Shrider, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Shrider, recently return
ed from the European theatre of
war, has been discharged from the
Army and returned to his home here.
Shrider, who married an English
girl, expects his wife here this
spring.
Sgt. Raymond Kimmel, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Kimmel of near Bluff
ton is stationed aboard an LMC
craft based on Batanga islands in
the China sea, it was learned the
first of the week.
Verl Reichenbach, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach has re-
ceived his Navy discharge and re-
turned to his home in Beaverdam.
Harold Schick, stationed in Korea,
has been promoted to the rank of
technician fifth grade, it was an
nonced the first of the week
Ralph Diller of Lima, former
Bluffton resident who served in the
European area, has heceived his
Army discharge and Joined his wife,
/ the former Geraldine Stauffer, in
Lima.
Virgil Allgire, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Allgire of Rockport has
received his Army discharge al
Camp Atterbury after 40 months
service in the Army, Is of which
were in the European theatre OF
war.
TIA Harold Augsburger, son OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Augsburger ot
near Bluffton is enroute to this
country from Manila and will re-
ceive his discharge from the Army
shortly. Augsburger has servec
overseas since last July.
John Schmidt, recently discharged
from the Army service and his wife
the former Elva Pickett are moving
to Akron where he is employed by ar
engineering firm. The couple have
been making their home temporarily
with his mother, Mrs. Anna KlapI
on Cherry street.
| Capt. w. <. Diller of the Army
medical corps stationed at CamT
Roberts, Calf, is enroute east witt
his family on six months leave. HI
is a former Rawson physician ant
expects to resmue his medical prac
tice at that place the first of April
according to word received by hi,
father, J. A. Diller. His wife ant
/ two children have been with him il
California for some time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
Funeral Sunday For
Mrs. G. A. Staufey

Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the st. Johns Reformed
church for Mrs. Chester Stauffer, 52,
668 South Main street, who died last
Friday morning in the Bluffton Com
munity hospital.
Mrs. Stauffer had been seriously
i'll since last December with a heart
ailment.
Daughter of Adolph and Lydia
(Kohler) Badertscher, she was born
October Is, 1898, in Richland town
ship. She was married to Mr..
Stauffer, who is a member of the
Bluffton municipal council, on No
vember 25, 1916.
Survivors include her husband and
mother, and two daughters, Mrs.
Ralph Diller, of Lima; and Mrs. K.
II. Dickerson, of Lomita, California.
In addition, she is survived by five
sisters, Mrs. Albert Balmer, Mrs.
Lee Coon, Mrs. John Everett, Mrs.
4. c. Stauffer and Mrs. Maynard
Geiger, all of Bluffton; and four
brothers, Albert, Elmer and Milton
Badertscher, all of Bluffton, and
Herman Badertscher, of Arlington.
Mrs. Stauffer was an active work.
er in the st. Johns Reformed
church, where she taught a begin
ners Sunday school class, and was a
member of the Edith Lahr Mission.
ary Circle and Women's Guild. She
also was member of the Royal
Neighbor's lodge.
Rev. Vernon c. Oppermann, pastor
of the st. John'schurch, officiated al
the funeral rites Sunday afternoon
Burial was in Maple Grove cemetery
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21
BLUFFTON COLONEL
RECEIVES ARMY'S
LEGION OF Merit
Award Presented to Col. Rene
Studler for Small Arms
Development
Developed Pocket-size Machine
Gun and Body Armor for
Combat Troops

Col. Rene Studler, son of Mrs.
Paul Studler, of S. Jackson street,
has received the Legion of Merit for
exceptionally meritorious services in
the Army Ordnance Dept. during
World War II, it was announced this
week.
Outstanding in his wartime record
were development of "pocket-size"
machine gun light in weight and
deadly in operation, and his work on
research in helmets and body armor
combining a maximum of protection
with a minimum Of weight.
As chief of the small arms division
of the Army's Ordnance Department,
the former Bluffton man held a key
position in wartime developments for
the fighting man.
Col. Studler was graduated from
Bluffton High school and was a
student at Ohio State university
when he enlisted in the air force in
World War /.
Remains In Army
After the war, he continued in
the Army and took training at Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology in
the field of small arms. Later he
spent two years at each of the United
States military bases.
From 1886 to 194l he was station
ed in London as assistant military
attache, where he had an opportunity
to inspect and study small arms
weapons used by the warning nations.
His citation for the Legion of
Merit said that he was instrumental
in developing and increasing the fire
power of numerous small arms,
decreasing the weight of similar
items carried by the foot soldier,
developing powerful recoilless weap-
ons of man-portable weight, develop
ing more effective types of small
arms ammunition, improving its
packaging, and in developing head
and body armor for the individual
soldier"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21

Speaking on eThe Church and
Japanese Americsnf I Toru Matsu-
moto, staff member of the Home
Missions Council of North America,
will appear at public meeting in
the Ramseyer chapel at Bluffton
college, at p. m. Friday.
Born in Japan in 1913, Matsumoto
was graduated from a Tokyo school
founded by the Presbyterian and
Reformed churches of America He
was arrested in Japan in 1894 by
japanese thought control police
Later he graduated from Union
Theological seminary in New York
City. In 1945 and 1916 he was on
the committee of re-settlement of
Japanese Americans.
Faculties of Findlay college and
Ohio Northern university, Ada, who
will be dinner guests of the Bluff
ton college faculty at Ropp hall will
attend the lecture in body.