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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
Industrial Arts Enrolment Is
Higher Despite Attendance
Drop
Fewer Mathematics Classes
Interest in Languages
Wanes

Continuing a trend in evidence the
last several years, commercial cours-
es and industrial arts rank tops this
fall in the preference of Bluffton
High school students.
Summary of enrolment totals in
the various classes following the
first week of school showed Monday
that the marked movement toward
vocational study is continuing in
favor with high school students To-
cally
Although total registration in the
four upper high school grades is 16
per cent lower than last year, en-
rollment in commercial and indus
trial arts courses is holding near the
1946-1947 level. In the four upper
classes this year there are Isl stu
dents as compared with ITO last
year.
REMAIN POPULAR
At the same time, the school sur
vey shows enrolment of II this fall
in five commercial classes, in COM
parison with 81 last year, a de-
cline of about IA per cent. The five
classes are first and second year
tipping shorthand, bookkeeping and
commercial law.
Industrial arts this year attracted
a greater number of students des-
pite declining high school enrolment.
Registration for industrial courses,
including mechanical drawing, was
72, in comparison with last falls
mark of 50. Home Economies en-
rolls 2S this year as compared to
last years total of "a.
Vocational agriculture, favored
principally by boys from rural fani-
lies, held steady in popularity with
enrolment of IS this year, one more
than last fall.
Science, chemistry physics, biology
and general science enrolment also
held steady, enrolling lot students
this year, only three off from last
falls figure Of TO-
MATH INTEREST WANEs
Wartime popularity of mathe,
MATES is waning, with only two
courses, algebra and geometry this
fall instead of three as last year
There are only Al mathematics stu
dents this fall, drop of nearly one
half from the 1916 figure of 81.
Interest in languages virtually i:
non-existent at the school, and fol
the fourth successive year all mod
ern languages have been dropped
from the curriculum.
During the four-year period, Latir
has been the only foreign Language
offered, but enrolment in that course
also is declining. Tctal students
for first and second year Latin thi:
fall is 80, but % of these are il
the second-year class, with only
seven pupils interested in beginning
Latin this fall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
To Report On Lions
San Francisco Meet

Prof. r. A. Lantz, who attended
the Lions international convention at
San Francisco last summer will give
a report of the affair at the dinner
meeting of the club at the Walnut
Grill next Tuesday night at 6:15
o'clock. Club officers announced that
it will be the annual 1000 attend
ance meeting in honor of the new
president ID. w. Bixler.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
Former Resident
Dies In Indiana

Mrs. Gertrude Gage, 70, former
Bluffton resident, died Sunday morn
ing at a Lagrange, Indiana, hos
pital. She lived here a number of
years ago and moved to LAGRANGE
where she has since resided.
Funeral services were held at that
place Wednesday afternoon followed
by burial there. ..
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Lenora Woodwork of Lagrange and
Mrs. Marjorie Fretz Of Wadsworth /;
also four grandchildren.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
Musicale Sunday
At Mt. Cory Church

A program of vocal .and instru-
mental numbers will be given in the
Mt. Cory Methodist church, Sunday
night by Wilma Hause, Coralyn
Fouts and Margaret Folk, all of
Findlay, whose parents were form
erly members of the Mt. Cory
church.
The program is the third in q
series of Sunday evening musicales
and offering taken at the service will
go to the church's organ fund.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
Real Estate Deal

Joe Mumna has purchased a
building lot from Harley Burkholder
in the latter's Sunny Acres addition
on Cherry street.
Don Martz who owns . lot in
Sunny Acres is hauling building
blocks preparatory TO building .
house on the site.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
Mrs. Myers Receives
Degree At Michigan

Mrs. Lenore Miller Myers, of Col
lege road, received a bachelor of
arts degree in library science, after
completing work toward the degree
on the University of Michigan cam
pus, this summer. Mrs. Myers is
Bluffton college librarian.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
BluftOn Pastor On
WLW Radio SunduU

Rev. E. N. Bigelow will be heard
Sunday morning at $3.50 o'clock on
the WLW broadcast from Cincinnati
speaking on the radio program "The
Church by the Side of the Road"
He will deliver a 12-minute address
on the talent program inaugurated
last spring by the Bluffton Presby-
terian church of which he is pastor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain tbushel prices) Wheat
s2.56; corn S2.45; oats s1.05; soys
So.
Poultry-Heavy hens, 23c; leghorn
hens 19c; heavy rock fryers 30e;
heavy red fryers 29c; leghorn fry
ers 25c.
Eggs-Large whites sec; large
browns 55c; mediums Sic; pullets
d0e.
Butter fat-S6c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
Music Instructor
At Omaha School

Miss Mabel Amstutz residing west
of Bluffton has left for Omaha, Neb.,
where she accepted position as in
structor in the conservatory of music
of Grace Bible institute.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
MARRIAGE LICENSE

A marriage license has been is
sued to Roy o. Sherman, Jr., 20,
of McGuffey and Miriam Colleen
stettler, 10 of Bluffton Rt. 2.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC

The annual Presbyterian Sunday
school picnic will be held on Harmon
field, Thursday evening at $50
o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11

Compliments are like perfume; to
be inhaled, not swallowed. Charles
Mum.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-11
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EDITORS NoTE-This Is one
of q series of articles to appear
In the Blufton NeaUs dealing
Nth early Ohio history. Others
toitl appear IN forthcoming
issues.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Grant 10 Discuss Drive
To Equip New Hospital

Mai. Gen. U. S. Grant, III, chair
man of the George washington
University Equipment Fund Cam
paign, will make a public report on
plans for the drive Wednesday night
in Lisner Auditorium.
The effort to raise $925, 900 with
which to equip the new hospital
being built at Washington Circle
opens Wednesday.
The Lisner Auditorium program
will begin at 8:15 o'clock with a
broadcast dramatization concerning
the role of George Washington Uni
versity in the community and Ma
ton. Doors to the hall will be
closed promptly at o'clock.
DR.. C1oyd Heck Marvin, president
of the university, will speak on the
importance of the new hospital In
growth Of the institution.
Remaining tickets for the meeting
are available at campaign headquar-
tiers, 720 Twentieth street NV.
BE Partner" has been chosen
as theme of the drive. 1t is ex-
planned the Federal Government is
providing the building, the univer-
sity is furnishing the staff and the
public now is being asked to enter
the partnership by supplying funds
for equipment.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Direct D. C.-Europe Flights
Resumed by American

Direct transatlantic air service
from Washington was resumed yes
terday by American Overseas Air
lines, after its suspension last sum-
mer due to equipment shortage.
The flagship Washington, which
was christened November %, 1945
by Miss Margaret Truman, took off
at noon for Shannon, Fire; London
and Amsterdam, via Newfoundland.
Passengers included Stanley H.
Ruttenberg of Washington, CIO
delegate to q ParA meeting of the
World Federation of Trade Unions,
and Miss Eleanor johnson, 4807
Hampden lane, Bethesda, en- route
to a London assignment for the
United States Public Health Service.
American Overseas Airlines plans
to operate weekly round-trip flights
from Washington to London and
Amsterdam and another to AM
sterdam, Frankfurt and Berlin.
Yesterdays flight was planned for
Saturday, but weather conditions
caused the postponement.
Evening star., 1947-01-06

Another dealer pointed out a
cherry wood table.
Made by Duncan Phyfe while
he was working in Connecticut
before he went to New York." he
said. Very unusual to find a Dun
can Phyfe piece in cherry wood"
Also on display were penny banks
of wrought iron with mechanical
effects contrived to give little
show for each contribution.
Plenty of real" antiques were
being exhibited, but there were
many items of less venerable patina
For example, New York dealer hao
brought an oil painting of stern
visaged, beardless Abraham Lincoln
done in 1915. Original early prints
of the Washington area by Bennett
and Cartwrights were among his
older offerings.
Elaborate Music Box.
Glassware, silverware, china ane
jewelry were shown in profusion
And there were music boxes. On,
was a-large chest containing elabor'
ate works producing bell, drum, Gym
bal and castanet effects. No room
was left for powder or cigarettes
Trinket buyers may find item
within their budgets, but the. an
tiques come high. "Just looking
costs, too. The admission fee is $1.20
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Ham Radio on Palmyra
Sends News Of Safety
BY the Associated Press


NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Relatives OF
Americans beleaguered by the storm
on Palmyra atoll received messages
today, relayed over thousand OF
miles by "ham" radio operators.
Stanley Wolff of North Castle
N. Y, said he had been in contact
with william E. Fells of Baltimore
a radio amateur employed on the
tiny atoll by the United States Bu-
reau of Standards.
Mr.. Wolff. who operates amateur
radio station W2HIQ, said he heard
Mr.. Fells, using call letters KP6AB
try ing to make contact with anna
teurs on the West Coast and found
that he was getting clearer signal
here.
MIR. Fells, whose wife was working
at his side in the radio shack on the
island. sent messages which he asked
Mr.. Wolff to relay to points as widely
separated as Baltimore, Wilson, N. c.,
Madison Heights, Va, and Phoenixs-
vile, Pa. Mr.. Fells said he had
been operating for 20 hours
Evening star., 1947-01-06

1t looked like an ordinary glass
paperweight with a picture of q
flower in 1t. But 1t couldn't have
been ordinary-the price was $50
The woman selling it said antique
glass paperweights was one of her
specialties. She displayed other
bargains" ranging from ss5 to s185
They were moving rather slowly
so there may be few left even now
at the Third Washington Antiques
Exposition, being held through FRI
day in the Hotel Statler.
Cane of Poe Is Offered.
Antiques, near-antiques and things
which are just plain quaint" are
being displayed by more than &C
dealers, many of them for other
cities.
For those who treasure historical
associations, an Edgar Allan Po,
walking stick, Robert E. Let
sword cane and a Daniel Boon,
rifle were offered at substania
figures.
An English gentleman's dressing
table with a number Of tricky com
partments and a disappearing mir
ror could be taken for $3.50.
One of the exhibitors was prout
of a race horse painting by Herring
but admitted she would part witt
! it for $500.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
81, ,OOOApartmeni
Asked in SiIverSpring

Request for approval of a $780,
900 apartment project in the Nc
Kenney Hills Subdivision of Silver
Spring was before the Park and
Planning Commission today.
Application for the building per-
NIT was filed last week by Louis H.
Berman and Irving Rose of Wash
ington. Corning & Moore are the
architects of the development, which
would be known as Woodside Manor
Located at Georgia avenue and
Hiladore drive, near the Johns Hop
kins Laboratory Annex, the project
would consist Of 216 apartments with
O total of 994 rooms.
Another large apartment develop
ment to be known as Sligo Park
Terrace was approved Saturday by
the Park and Planning Commits
sion. Costing an estimated $685., 900.
the development will provide 10
units at Manchester road and Mont
gomery avenue, near the Piney
Branch Apartments. The building
permit application was filed by
Wade E. Graninger, Washington.
Architects are Edward Weihe and
Katherine Gibbs.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Repairs 10 Begin on Bridge
DAMAGED in Bus PLUNGE

Repairs to the stone guard rail
on Memorial Bridge which was
damaged when Washington
bound bus crashed through and fell
to the roadway below last August 2
will begin today, according to Irving
G. Root, superintendent of National
Capital Parks.
Mr.. Root said if the weather re-
mains good, 1t will take only a few
days to replace the stones knocked
out in the accident.
The bus went through the guard
rail after collision with an auto
mobile One passenger was killed
and A others injured, The driver
of the automobile, Stephen Lee
Grover, 18, of 1900 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, has been acquitted Of
negligent homicide in connection
with the collision.
Since the crash steel mesh
screen has covered the gap in the
bridge rail.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
18 D. G. Students Reuct
Art Contest SemifinuIs

Eighteen students from Dunbar
and Armstrong High Schools have
placed in the semifinals of Nation
wide art competition sponsored by
Harry Doehla, New York greeting
card publisher.
Grand prize of the contest will
be four-year art scholarship
Placing in the competition were
From Armstrong, Joseph w. Morris
Herbert Allen, Louise o. Briggs
Obed Robinson, Francis Lowe, Dom
aid McIllwain, Edward Smith, Earl
Telfair, Darius c. Davis and Samuel
Eugene Allen; from Dunbar, James
A. Whitley. Edwin Ayres Betha
William Haywood, Theodore r
Vowels, jr., Julia r. Crawley, Joy
Branham, Amereta Scott and Mae
L. Chillans.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
VA Plans Swift Action
|0n Granting Loans 10
Williams Depositors

The Veterans Administration to-
day promised speedy action on get
ting home loans approved for vet
Eerans who deposited money with
George H. Williams and now have
been promised homes at reduced
rates by Washington home builders.
L A Vs9A~spekeslnan said sweHld
Igo into acton as soon as the vet
Eerans apply to lending institutions
Tor G. I. loans. The names of the
EN. A. appraisers will besgiver1 to the
lending institutions over the tele-
phone to save mail delays and the
papers will be processed as soon as
they reach v. A., the official said.
Mimeographed lists, giving the
locations of approximately 1875
homes offered the Williams. de-
positors by Washington builders and
who to get in touch with in each
case, will be available at the District
Veterans Center tomorrow, Center
Director Waldron Leonard an
nounced today.
The veterans also will be given
a letter of introduction to the build
ers, identifying them as Williams
depositors and stating the size oil
their deposit with williams, who;
has been declared bankrupt. The
reductions offered by the building
industry will be no larger than the
deposit.
Mr.. Leonard said the center also
will offer stenographic service and
will notarize and photostat any
papers necessary to complete the
home purchases.
Announcement that the home
builders would offer homes at dis
counts in subdivisions already under
construction to the veterans who
deposited money with Williams was
made Saturday night by Edward
r. Carr, president of the Home
Builders Association of the Metro
politan Area.
MIR. Leonard said a number of
veterans yesterday visited the loca-
tions MIR. Carr had mentioned and
called the center today to find out
how soon they could get the iden-
tfication they need to SHOW the
builders they are Williams de-
positors.
Mr.. Leonard said the veterans
had found homes they liked among
the ones offered by the builders and
were eager to sign contracts.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Army Medical Exhibit Open
To Public for First Time

tlefield and the clearing station OF
the 25th Division In South Pacific
area.
, Another section is devoted to de-
tailed pictures showing remarkable
results of plastic surgery. One series
shows the reconstruction of face
deformed by severe case of FROST
bite that required total resurfac-
ing" according to a placard beside
the pictures.
The Army rehabilitation program
is described by pictures Of blind SOL
diers learning various trades anc
learning how to swim, play golf ano
dance. Glasses in lip reading for the
deaf are illustrated also.
Achievements of the Medical De.
partment are dramatized by figures
pointing out that deaths from dis.
ease in World War II were only 4
per cent as compared with 16.5 PEE
cent m World War I. Another figure
the department has displayed is tina
81 per cent of all wounded, wht
reached hospitals, lived.
The exhibit will be open from
am. to 4:30 pm. daily until Janu.
ary 27.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Jacob HoIIinger Refires
From Navy Department

Jacob Hollinger. SO, Of 315 A street
Sc, has retired as civilian assistant
to the paymaster general and chief
clerk Of the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts, Navy Department. He
had been in Government service fol
43 years.
A native of Cumberland County
Pa, Mr.. Hollinger attended Juniats
College in Huntingdon, Pa, and was
employed by the Brooklyn Navy
Year as a stenog1apher in 1908
Three years later he came to Wash
ington as clerk with the General
Board Of the Navy. The following
year he transferred to the Bureau
iof Supplies and Accounts.
Mr.. Hol.inger received a Meritor-
ious Civilian Service Award for his
wartime service in the bureau
He is presiding elder Of the Wash
ington City Church Of the Brethren
and the Church Of the Brethren In
Frederick, Nd, and said he now
plans to devote more Of his time
TO church activities.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Baby Is Found Dead
In Tangled Blanket

A post-mortem examination to de-
termine the cause of the death OF
4-month-old Russell johnson, jr.,
found unconscious with his head
tangled in bedclothing, was to be
made today by Montgomery County
Coroner F. j. Broschart.
The baby was found last night by
an aunt tangled in the covers about
Is minutes after he had been put to
bed at the home of his grandparents,
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph F. Nebel, 9308
Kensington parkway, Rock Greek
Park Hills, according to county po-
lice. His parents were visiting there
at the time.
The Chevy Chase Rescue Squad
worked with oxygen for an hour be-
fore the baby was pronounced dead
by DR.. Edward A. John, Chevy
Chase. The baby had been born
prematurely and had been under a
physicians care, police said
Mr.. johnson is District fireman.
The couple has one other child, a
6-year-old daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. johnson live at 4714
Chevy Chase boulevard.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Rufus Lusk Is, District Head
OF Greek War Relief Drive

Rufus S. Lusk, 1717 Thirty-sev-
enth street NV, has been named
Washington chairman of the Greek
War Relief Campaign to raise $12,-
100000 nationally beginning Febru-
ary IS.
One of the main objectives of the
drive will be to provide health CEN
ters and medical care for the Greeks
Former President Herbert Hoover is
national president of the campaign
while William Helis is president of
the Greek War Relief Association
Mr.. Lusk said the local committee
will be organized without delay and
that subcommittee will be formed
to cover the suburban areas of near
by counties in Maryland and Vir-
ginia. Campaign headquarters will
be at 1706 G. street NV. Mr.. Lusk Is
president of the Washington Tax
payers Association.
Evening star., 1947-01-06

You have heard people say, why
save at time when prices are go
ing up?" We cannot all be econo-
mists; and it is perhaps just as well.
for they seem to differ a great deal
among themselves about the future.
But we all know this: A man who
saved a dollar 10 years ago is better
of today than the man who did,1't;
and other things being equal, the
man who saves a dollar today VIII
be better off In 1857 than the man
who doesn't.
United States Savings Bonds offer
you the opportunity to save at a
profit. Thus every So you lay away
now will come back to you in 1857
with an extra dollar in interest.
You don't have to be an economist
to know a good thing when you
see 1t.
United States Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Flying Squad Starts
Inspection Campaign
To Remove Fire Traps

The District today launched its
campaign to rid the city of fire
traps ....
A flying squad" of f1remen and
building inspectors began visiting
restaurants and theaters In search
of violations of fire safety regula-
tions in keeping with the Commis-
sioners' order Of last week.
The investigation also will take In
hotels, apartment and lodging
houses, hospitals, night clubs, stores,
office buildings, private schools and
colleges and other places of public
assembly.
Equipped with newly drafted
checkoff lists, the inspection team
was working on a most dangerous
place first" priority established on
the basis of a preliminary inspection
which last week disclosed 1888 vio-
lations in $500 buildings checked.
| Results of the inspection, being
conducted by four men each from
the Fire Department and Buildings
Inspection Office, will be reported to
the Commissioners. Enforcement OF
the strict egress laws. adopted last
month was put off last week until
July in view of equipment and
material shortages. Warnings viii
be issued, however, where egress
violations are found.
Fire Marshal r. G. Roberts arc
director of Inspections Robert H
Davis are heading the investigation
Mr.. Davis indicated the scope OF
the investigation by revealing that
80 fire safety points will be checked
in hotels alone. The inspection team
is being furnished mimeographed
forms on which to keep tab, he
added.
He said the 80 points would fall
within these five major categories:
Exits, fire-fighting equipment, base
ments, seating and posting. and
wall and ceiling facings.
The building inspection chief said
he hoped to have the checkofi
forms for hotels ready for use to-
morrow and those for other build
ings within several days. The in
spectors will go to work as fast as
the forms are available, he stated.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
; Testify as Grand Jury
Resumes Carson Probe

Two retired Army officers and q
civilian official of the Quartermastel
Corps testified today before the
grand jury investigating the Cars
son munitions combine. It was the
first session the jury has held since
it recessed December IL.
William French and James Hunt
both former lieutenant colonies with
the Quartermaster Corps, and T. L
Cox, the corps procurement spe-
cialist, were today's witnesses. Be.
fore the recess, the jury had ques-
toned several retired Army officers
Wartime activities of companies
directed by Murray and Henry
Carson were first delved into BY
the Senate War Investigating Com.
mittee and have been the subject
of grand jury inquiry since Oc.
tober 10
Evening star., 1947-01-06

Pictures OF front-line medical in
stallations, scale models of a hos
pital plane and a railroad hospital
car and sound motion picture
on how soldier learned to use
the hooks which replaced his hands
are among the exhibits of achieve
ments of the Army Medical De-
partment which opened today at
the National Museum of Natural
History.
| This is the first time the exhibit
has been presented to the public
1t first appeared at the American
Medical Associations convention In
San Francisco last June and parts
of the exhibit have been shown tc
medical audiences in Philadelphia
Miami, Detroit and Cleveland. Capt
Klyde Kraft, director of the ex-
hibit, estimated about $4,000 persons
in the medical profession have seer
| 1t.
The enlarged pictures of front
line medical installations where the
wounded both in Europe and or
Pacific islands received treatment
include scenes of an advanced aio
station in France, medicS treating
wounded man on German bat
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Contract Made to Stort
.TeIevision Stution Here

The Bamberger Broadcasting
Service today announced award of
"a contract to Davis, Wick & Rosen-
garten Of Washington for construc-
4 tion OF a foundation and tower base
for station WORs teleyision sta
ton here.
Construction win start shortly at
Fortieth and Brandywine streets
NV, said to be the highest point
in washington. The station will
have the cali letters Of WWBR.