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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03
Former Local Girl
Married In Indiana

In an impressive ceremony against
a background Of peonies, roses, sum-
mer flowers and lighted tapers, Miss
Wilma Steiner, daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. E. G. Steiner, formerly of
Bluffton and now Of Lafayette, Ind,
became the bride of Rev. Vernon J.
Petersen, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arth-
US Petersen Of Chicago, on Saturday
June 21, at 2:30 in the Evangelical
Mission Covenant Church in Lafay-
cite, Indiana.
A musical program was presented
by Mary Steiner of Woodburn, Ind,
cousin of the bride, as pianist and
Eunice Herber of Port Huron, Mich
igan, as vocalist.
The bride, attired in white satin
gown and finger tip veil, was given
in marriage by her father, who also
officiated. He was assisted by Rev.
Andrew Rupp of Woodburn, Ind.
Miss Phyllis Steiner attended her
sister as maid of honor. Miss Mary
Helen Zimmerman, college roommate
of the bride, and Miss June Petersen
sister of the groom served as brides
maids. The brides attendants We're
attired in maching lavender, yellow
and aqua gowns of taffeta and net.
The flower girl who wore a full
length pink taffeta gown was little
Nancy Petersen of Chicago, niece of
the groom.
Attending the groom was Kenneth
Petersen of Chicago, brother of the
groom, as best man with Rev.
Wayne Judd of Ft. Wayne, close
friend of the groom, and Paul Stein
er, brother of the bride, as ushers.
Following the ceremony a recep-
ton was held in the church base
ment, decorated in yellow and white
with Mrs. Stanley Rupp and Mrs.
Volon Boyer and Miss Carolyn
sister of the bride, in
charge.
The bride, a graduate of Bluffton
High school, graduated from Taylor
Upland, Indiana, on June
8. The groom, a graduate of Ft.
Wayne Bible Institute, has had a
pastorate in Macungie, Pa, the past
two years. The couple will enter
school in the fall for further pre-
paration for missionary service in
South America.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03
Clubs, lodges
and Societies

Orange Twp. Farm Women
The Orange Township Farm
Woman's club will meet with Mrs.
Maude Thompson, Thursday after
noon. The program follows:
Devotionals, Rhoda Montgomery;
Roll call, current events; What Made
You an American, Clara Long;
Cities of the United States, Eulalia
Warren; Celebrating the Fourth of
July, Edith Powell.
Richland Grange
RichIand grange will meet next
Tuesday night at o'clock.
Richland Community Circle
Richland Community circle will
meet Thursday afternoon, July 10
with Mrs. George Myers.
To Wed Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Schultz of
Pandora announce the coming mar
riage of their daughter Sara Jane
to Ralph Balmer, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Balmer of Bluffton. Both
are former Bluffton college students.
The wedding will take place Satur-
day evening at o'clock at Grace
Mennonite church, Pandora. Rev.
Ernest Bohn will officiate and open
church will be observed.
The couple will live in Oak Harbor
where he has been employed as in
structor in public school music.
Bridal Shower
A miscellaneous shower honoring
Mrs. Paul Soldner, the former
Virginia Geiger, was given Saturday
night by Mrs. Wayne Topham and
Miss Louise Soldner.
Bingo was played during the even
ing and prizes of kitchenware were
presented by the winners to the
bride.
Guests were: Misses Helen and
Lucille Bauman, Helen and Dorothy
Dorothy, Gaynell, Pearl
and Myrtle Basinger, Lois Harris,
Rebecca Hofstetter.
Mrs. Elva Geiger, Evelyn Lugibill,
Magdalene Foust, Treva Crawford,
Eudora Soldner, the honored guest
and hostesses.
Regrets and gifts were received
from Misses Mary Koontz, Helen
Gerdeman, Dorothy Kohl and Mrs.
Ellen johnson.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03
Couple Weds At
Home OF Minister

Harold Grouse, son of Mrs. Wade
Bechtol of Bluffton and Miss June
Smith of North Baltimore were mar
ried Saturday night, June Il at $3.50
o'clock at the home of the officiating
minister, Rev. E. N. Bigelow of the
Presbyterian church.
Attendants were Mr.. and Mrs.
Calvin Grouse of near Ada, brother
and sister-in-law of the bridegroom
The newly married couple will live
in North Baltimore where he is EN-
ployed at the carpenter trade.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03

For sale-Estate natural gas stove.
Emerson Lugibihl, On former Roy
Marshall farm, Orange township.
For sale-New fohr room house
with bath and full basement. Call
Bluffton phone 501-T
For sale-Sweet cherries. Eph
Amstutz, Bluffton phone 626-T.
For sale-300 red wire edge
bricks. Frank keuenschwander,
Bluffton phone 478-W. II W.
Thermoseal storm windows with
screens, storm sash and weather
stripping in one p ornament unit;
metal adjustable clobure frame as
sures 300 fuel $ ssvings. Liberal
payment plan. For free demonstra-
ton call James Balrher distributor,
123h S. Main, Hutton. Phone
309-Y.
For sale-Used 6 du. It. Kelvinat-
or refrigerator. Inqhire 353 South
Main street. BlufftorI phone 3s1-W
For sale-sour cherries, ripe next
week. Aaron Geigef, second last
house on South Main street.
For rent-Four rdom furnished
apartment. Inquire 729 S. Main st
Phone 23o-Y.
For sale-Cream b the quart
bring bottle for exchange. Alberi
Geiger, 442 Cherry St. IL
For sale-Fifty-thres acres Will
house and barn located near Bluff
ton. Mrs. H. W. Althaus, phon,
23s-W Bluffton. T. Garretson, broker
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gettles spent
Sunday in Mt. Gilead, visiting friends.
Sidney Stettler, Bluffton high
school instructor Is employed this
summer at the state experiment
farm at McGuffey.
Diller ambulance removals-John
Moser from his home on North Main
street to Bluffton hospital; Mrs.
Floyd Basinger from Bluffton hospit-
al to her home near Pandora.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Edwards and
three sons Of Spring street returned
Tuesdy night from a two weeks
fishing trip in Northern Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Steiner of
Caldwell visited at the Enos Steiner
home east of town over the weekend
They were accompanied home BY
Miss Lucille Steiner who viii visit
there and also visit at the home OF
her brother Ray Steiner and family
at Sterling.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03
Summer Church School
Is Open To Children

Opportunity is open to Bluffton
children for enrolment in a sum-
mer vacation church school on the
Bluffton college campus next week
in connection with the Ohio Congre-
gational Christian conference of
church workers.
The school will be conducted as a
laboratory in connection with the
conference and enrolment is limited
to 40 children, half being in the
age group of Grades / to and
half from Grade A to s.
The conference will open July 10
and continue through the 18th. Reg
istration blank which appeared in
last weeks issue of the Bluffton
News may be used. Additional in
formation may be had from Rev.
v. c. Oppermann.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03

Mrs. Ethel Roberts Of Yuma,
Arizona who is visiting at the
home of her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Augsburger,
is spending a few days with friends
at Col. Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Med Murray of
North Jackson street spent the past
week visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Dwain
Murray and family of Ashland and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J. Patrick of
Akron.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03

The Stettler family reunion will
be held at Richland Grange hall,
southwest of Bluffton, Sunday, July
20. Louise c. Stettler, secretary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03
Miscellaneous Shower

Miscellaneous Shower
Miss Edna Huber a coming bride,
was honored with miscellaneous
shower at the home of Miss Gaynell
Basinger, Tuesday evening.
Guests were: Miss Eloise knight,
Williamstown; Miss Mabel Augs-
burger, Pandora; Mrs. Helen VOL
from, Rawson; Mrs. Jane Schaeublin.
Misses Verena, Hilda and Ruth
Steiner, Dorothy Wenger, Mae
Huber, Dorothy and Pearl Basinger,
Gladys and Dorothy Klingler, Doris
Jean Badertscher and Mrs. Harry
Huber.
Gifts and regrets were received
from Miss Lenna Niswander, Pan
dora; Miss Eleanor Motter, Mrs.
Frances Wenger, Mrs. Florence
Bame, Misses Myrtle Basinger and
Twylah Carnicom.
Miss Huber is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Huber and her mar
riage to Cloyce Earnest of Beaver
dam will take place Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03

Ihe~Ieatherman tin shop will be
closed Thursday, Friday and satur-
day Of this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-03

News Want Ads get results.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05
ZION GYM SCHEDULE 1947-1948

MONDAY-Junior Drill High School to $50 p.
TUESDAY-Junior Drill School to 8:45 p.
THURSDAY-Men's Gym Glass to 800 p.
Church League 8 to 10 p. m.
Softball, Voley Ball, Basketball, Badminton,
Ping Pong.
Membership Fee $500 for season Oct. 9th to
April 29th)
FRIDAY-Ladies' Gym Class to p. m.
Church League to 10 p. m.
Softball, Voey Ball, Basketball, Ping Pong,
Badminton.
Membership Fee for season $500 Oct. 10th to
April 3Oth.)
SATURDAY-Roller Skating
Children rs cents 2 to 4 80 %. m.
Skating Parties-45 cents (min 40 skaters)
to 10 p.
make party reservations in advance).
F. Scaccia
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05
LETTER FROM OUR
AFRICAN MISSIONARIES

Continued from Page ~
translated three times for diff
ferent tribes. Eleven to five
sounds long, but just add on
an hour and half for Sunday
School and that will give you
the total number of hours in
church for us. That is our re-
cord so far, but it was we'll
worth it because the results
were marvellous.
First, we had Sunday School
with about rs children with
runny noses, fuzzy black hair,
fat tummies with not much on
to cover them and big white
eyes rolling back and forth in
all directions. Quite a sight to
be sure. Many of them bring
corn for an offering, and by
the time the offering is taken,
they have probably eaten
couple dozen kernels off of
both ends.
After Sunday School we
went down to the river be-
tween the two hills and had a
baptizmal service. There were
ten people to be baptized -
nine women and one man.
There was a large crowd at
the river, many of whom we
never see in church, who were
just curious. Then too, most
of the Elders from the "bush
churches" under the Missions
supervisory, came and brought
their people with them, MAX
ing very large number in
all.
When the baptism was over,
we went to the church and
started a long session of talks
of appreciation and thanks to
Miss Roth for all her kindness
and work for them. She has
really won these people by her
love and sacrifice for them.
She really has deprived her
self too much at times in order
to do for them. One pathetic
case is a little girl, whose
mother died when she was
CONTINUED on Page 81
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05
Studies In
Bible Prophecy
By EVANGELIST CHARLES L. KESSLER


By EVANGELIST CHARLES L.
series Ed Of ss S on This s p4ob 5 wo s i" continuous
1. Meaning of History
story human of almost mitless varia-
n Yet 20 e of W u
classes and nations Thus for example, wher
themselves and their surroundings granted seek find
some explanation things they are" From this events
Providence the workings of various aws and the like
with volumes "the Interpretation of history.
In there two schools of thought this subject
of great explosions which the human
her and without plan The second INCLUDES those who be-
history according to pattern
The by the widely held, and
form of is automatic in most important in the world
DOM pessimists and optmss attempt in
os to explain meaning g history They They dc do this rf
law decay things better they exist they have
are working toward perfect order on earth.
But who right? If the point to the rise Of des
growing practice cruelty then the
other emphasize the historic advance of the of free
D3i he
he Ages Framed by Word of God
Who correct? Only in the light Of the Inspired Word of
history held in the hands of God assured
in Hebrews II 3, where we read
Through the
Careful thought should convince that of the most
was
when of his ransgreson he under the penalty
death be said that from the innocent state the Gar
aSn g g oa
These two paths be chared by combining history and
prewrten history prophecy Both roads indicated in the
declaration of Genesis 315 Gods first great prophetic
of future history:
And 7 will put enmity between hee and the woman and
between thy and her shall thy head and
The Two Roads
The road the path of Victory the highway which
the predictions the Coming Redeemer which
hail His birth in Bethlehem His triumph and DEATH
His Return to establish the Mennal Kingdom is the
road which ultimately leads to new heavens and EARTH
wherein dweeh righteousness Thus in the opmists
may be said to be right
The other begins with the Fall is marked by the
and failure of mankind reaching elimination point in
the Infamous crime of crucifng the Lord of Glory On this
highway the umates of Antchr Armageddon the Great
White Throne Judgment and the Lake of Fire Indeed the
pessimists too have case!
These two roads may be said to start point (the
Garden of Eden and to at equal in opposite
directions their Individual goals At the time the
termination of reached the separation from God by the
Second DEATH the end of the second with the beginning
of the Perfect Age
Thus have found the meaning of history it is the
the of
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

If you get the right outlook,
time is nothin' but noise made
by a clock.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

Arizona produces large num-
bers of sheep, cattle and goats.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

Editors Note: This is the first article in continuous
series of studies the prophetic Word)
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-05

Experience is one teacher who
doesn't require a salary in
crease.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-03
DUNESLAND GARDEN
CLUB CELEBRATES TENTH
BIRTHDAY

Mrs. David McElroy enter
tanned members of the Illinois
Dunesland Garden Club and
their guests at her home We'd
nesday morning for club
breakfast. The tenth anniver-
sary of the founding of the
club was observed.
Mrs. Jeanette Black, one of
the founders of the club, spoke
giving a brief history of the
Dunesland Garden Club telling
of it's work since it's organiza-
ton ten years ago.
Marking the tenth anniver-
sary of the club was a large
birthday cake, and as Mrs.
Black called upon the Past
Presidents, who were present,
each one lit a candle on the
cake and spoke briefly. Each
one was given a corsage Great
ed by Mrs. Hugo Thompson,
Conservation chairman.
Past presidents in attendance
were Mesdames j. N. Bales,
Paul M. LaRose, L. j. Reed and
Miss Cornelia Shaw. Other
Past Presidents not present
were the Clubs first president
and one of it's founders, Mrs.
Anna Fisher, Mrs. S. H. DePew
and Mrs. O. E. Foldvary.
Mrs. George BEEN, activities
chairman, and her committee
composed of Mrs. Leonard
Bishop, Mrs. L. N. Standridge
and Mrs. James Smelling, de-
serve great praise for the love-
ly breakfast served.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-03
ATTEND ILLINOIS STATE
CONSERVATION SCHOOL

Last Friday fourty members
and guest of the Illinois Dun
ISLAND Garden Club spent a de-
lightful day at the Illinois
State Conversation Training
School located on Fox Lake.
This meeting was arranged
through the courtesy of Mr..
Livingston Osborne, head of
the Department of Conserva-
ton, Springfield, Illinois. Mr..
and Mrs. Bluat served a lovely
luncheon after which Mr.. C. R.
Graeff gave a talk and Mr..
Anton Novak showed colored
pictures of the school, it's
grounds and the students at
work and play.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-03
VISITING ZION

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schleter
of Jacksonville, Florida, arriv-
ed here the end of last week
for visit with relatives and
friends in Zion. This is the first
time in seven years that Mr..
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-03
Z.-B. T. HIGH SCHOOL
ROSTER

In preparation for the open
ing of school the teaching staff
of z. B. T. H. S. is complete for
the 1947 48 school year. Sew
eral new teachers are coming
into the community to replace
those who have accepted
teaching positions in other
schools.
The new teachers coming in
to the system are:-
Hankenson, Homer-Physi-
cal Education and Athletics.
Wise, Florence-Girls Ply
steal Education.
Maynard, Florence - Eng
lish.
Hannum, James - Social
Studies.
Koranda, Edward-Physics
and General Science.
Blakeway, Arthur - Mech
anical Drawing.
These new teachers are COM
ing in to replace those teachers
who have moved to other po-
sitions in the teaching profess
sion.
Returning from previous
years are:
Sanford, James-Music and
English.
Lee, Electromagnetic.
Schmitt, Eleanor - English
and Speech.
Gilbert, Arline-Social Stu
dies.
johnson, Pearl - Library
and Social Studies.
Stanton, Fred = American
History, Athletics.
Hiatt, Jennie Mae - Langu-
ges.
Mason, Gerald - Science.
Klinge, Muriel - Mathema-
tics, and Dean of Girls.
Krughoff, Florence -Math-
ematics.
Studer, Mae = Mathematics
and Science.
Hilbert, Malinda - Com
mercial.
Gleiss, Arabella - CONNER
cial.
Wathen, Benjamin - Com
mercial.
Drummond, Ethel - Home
Economics.
Gardner, Charles - Indust-
rial Education.
Miller, T. Ray = Industrial
Education, Asst. Principal.
Pearce, H. w. = Principal.
Mention might be made of
three of the teachers who have
left for other positions:-
King, Earl = has accepted
position in the Physics de-
partment at Milwaukee State
Teachers College.
Mattix, Robert = Principal
OF the Woodstock Junior High
High School.
Victorik, Olga = has &C
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-03

copied a position as head of
the Girls Physical Education
Department of the York Town
ship High Schol at Elmhurst.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-03
TIE qheOCrat

Schleter has visited Zion
They expect to return by
train next Friday.
On Tuesday evening the
New Years Club are taking
the Schleters out for a steak
fry at Petrifying Springs.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
neighbors, friends and rela-
tives for their kind expressions
of sympathy shown to us dur
ing our late bereavement of
our husband and father.
Mrs. H. c.. Davis
and Family.
FOR SALE: Tomatoes for canning.
Zion Gardens. 715-8-20
FOR SALE-White Angora kittens,
$500 each. 18th and Lake Drive. Rt
1, Box 433, Bartlett Beach, Zion.
1928
WANTED A good home for 3-months
old kitten. Phone 603. 1898
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-03

Plastering - Cement work, etc. Ellis
M H,,n+ phone 3148. GALLO
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-03

Carpenter work, painting, roofing,
and siding. Phone 1916. Rhelnnolo
Lubke. OohC'
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-03

WANTED A good home for 3-months
old kitten. Phone 603. 1888
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-28
Spring Cleaning

Bayou CaSotte continued to grow in size, like
that new volcano in Mexico which popped up
in corn field a couple of years ago and is
now almost a mountain.
A couple of INNER ago we pointed out
that the little road crossing Bayou Chicot
and coming out upon the beach through pine
woods-one of the most lovely spot in the
county to anyone with an eye for natural
scenes-had been spoiled by trash dumping
right at the roads edge. County authorities
have the jurisdiction and the money to re-
move this eyesore. But it is still there; and
in the meantime some civic-minded fellow
has completed the task of Identification"
by knocking the rails off the bridge.
A cleanup week will come TO nothing UNI
less actual plans are made to accomplish
specific ends, and unless the finger of re-
sponsibility is pointed to actual individuals
who are creating the nuisances or whose
property has been allowed to grow over with
weeds or otherwise create a problem. We
have all said yea" and amen in the past.
But only actual goods works and the penance
of sweat and elbow-grease will create that
spot of heavenly civic beauty which we paint
so frequently with word-pictures in our pub
lie utterances.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-28

Several weeks ago we were driving out of
New Orleans on Highway 80, about dark,
and came upon the scene of a CHASTITY wreck
at the GENTLY railway crossing. just after
it had happened The trim had barely come
to a stop two hundred yards up the track.
People were still running to the scene of the
accident. A family of four grown people who
had been driving in to a movie in a farm
truck, was streWn along the tracks, dead and
dying. It was a scene that would have been
CORY and messy even if it had happened on a
battlefield. That crossing is now recognized
as a death trap. Perhaps a dozen people have
been killed there. The city is moving as
quickly as it can let bids to build a highway
overpass. But this should have been done
long ago, before so many lives were sacri-
feed.
After witnessing such a scene, the eye be-
comes more sensitive to highway and rail-
way danger spots-death traps they might be
called-and we have mentally marked off a
number in this area. The worst is the sharp
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-28

The city officials and the Inter-City Coun-
Gil composed of industrious citizens of Moss
Point and Pascagoula have gotten together
to sponsor an intensive spring cleaning pro-
gram, and have selected April 1919 as offic-
ial Cleanup Week"
This is all to the good and the committee
deserves full cooperation from local mer-
chants and citizens at large who are inter
ested in removing the abundant trash and
the many eye-sores which over-crowded
community living and careless attitudes have
created over the past six or seven years.
Cooperation of the purely verbal sort
however is not worth the time wasted on such
a campaign. Yea-saying has never cleaned up
a community yet. 1t is impossible to clean
up a lot or cart away a barrel of trash with
conversation. But this unfortunately has
been the type of response which cleanup
campaigns of the past have elected. We have
had proclamations and service club speeches
and lengthy editorials in this newspaper; but
bitches remained stagnant; yards stayed full
of trash; dump heaps continued to MAJ some
of our best roads and ~vistas; the plan for a
continuous-fill disposal system remained a
plan, while the sinking dump heap near