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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01

and Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Begg and
sons James and Dean were entertain
ed in the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
gar Begg, Christmas eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Marshall and
daughter Rebecca and son John and
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Fin
ley of jefferson were among those
who attended a family dinner in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Lemley
in Pandora last Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Cahill of Cieve-
land; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cahill of
Washington, d. c., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen McCluer and daughter Donna
Mae were Thursday evening guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Cahill in Bluff
ton.
The annual Congregational meet
ing and a covered dish dinner at 6:45
will be held at the Presbyterian
church, Sunday evening, which all
members are urged to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Alderman and
son James of near Warren; Mr.. Rich
ard Cupp of Columbus; Mr.. and Mrs.
William Cupp and Mrs. Walter Cupp
and daughter Marjorie were among
those who joined in a Riser family
dinner in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Aaron Hilty in Pandora, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Marshall and
son Robert; Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Mar
shall, Mr.. and Mrs. Lysle Cahill and
Lynne of Cleveland and Miss Made
line Bixel of Fostoria spent Friday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Mar
shall for a family party and gift ex-
change.
Mr.. Irwin Baumgartner who teach
es in the Bedford schools near Cleve-
land is spending his vacation with his
wife and daughter in this community,
Miss Rose Leigh Mayberry was
hostess to members of the Eighth
grade of Col. Grove schools last Tues
day eve. About thirty four guests
Joined in the games and entertain
ment of the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stephens
entertained a group Of friends for a
turkey dinner last Saturday eve. The
annual affair was attended by: MIR.
and Mrs. Cloyce Kidd, Mr.. and Mrs,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
ROckpOrt

Mr.. Otis Mcbride and son Halton
of Lima were Friday evening dinner
guests of Mrs. Walter Cupp and
family.
Mr.. A. D. Wells of Lima was
Christmas and week end guest of his
son, Nelson Wells and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Begg of Shaker
Heights spent from Wednesday until
Friday in the home of his brother,
Clarence Begg and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Alderman and
son James of near Warren returned
home Sunday after spending the week
with Mrs. Alderman's mother, Mrs.
Walter Cupp.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Finley of JEFF
ferson who are guests in the Harold
Marshall home and Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall motored to Portland, Ind,
Christmas afternoon to see Mrs. Re
gina Lemley who is i'll in the home of
daughter, Mrs. Leo Shank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marshall
will leave Friday to spend several
, weeks in the Florida sunshine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmer Smith and
children Kent and JEANNE returned
to their home in Cleveland, Saturday,
after spending several days the past
week with the J. o. Cupp family.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Mayberry and
, daughter Rose Leigh, Mr.. and Mrs
Guy Mayberry and daughters Joan
and Nancy, Mr.. and Mrs. Dale West
enbarger, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jones
; and family of Findlay and Mr.. Wal.
ter Aughe enjoyed a family dinner
| in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. R
Mayberry in Col. Grove, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lysle Cahill anc
daughter Lynne returned to theil
home in Cleveland, Sunday, after
spending Christmas and the week enc
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Orlc
Marshall.
Mr.. Clay Cupp of Huntsville spent
Christmas day with Mrs. Walter CupE
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Begg of Cleve.
land; Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Begg
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01

Gerald Kidd and family; Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Kidd and family; Mr..
and Mrs. William Reichenbach and
children; Mr.. and Mrs. Glen May
berry and daughter Rose Leigh; the
host and hostess and children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-01
CARD OF THANKS

| wish to express my sincere
thanks to my relatives and friends
who remembered me with cards,
flowers, and other gifts during my
illness. They were deeply appreciat-
ed.
Mrs. J. d. Clymer
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Mrs. J. d. Clymer
Evening star., 1948-01-04

The right kind of page is an island OF
distinct black print entirely surrounded
by wide margins. Like book, life is made
or marred by its margins Your life and mine
will depend for its richness and usefulness not
only upon what we write at the center of each
page, but on the kind OF margin we keep.
1t was said of that spiritual giant Phillips
Brooks, that: wisely and rightly he kept the
margins of his life, and did not crowd its pages
to the very edge"
He toied terribly, but because he guarded the
margins he managed to escape the entangle-
ments of work which SO disastrously crowd
the lives Of too many Of us.
OF course, to have margins around life some
thing worth while has to be written at the
center. II the margins are to be significant, we
must put into the fugitive fragments Of every
day such quality Of work as shall make LIS un-
ashamed when the day is over and all the
DAYS are done. Even in the midst Of relentless
schedules there must be kept margin for
reading What tragedy when no margin Is
left for books with beauty and power to
strengthen the soul-voices of wisdom from all
the centuries waiting to hold converse with
those who have ears to hear-books which open
windows fronting immensity!
Evening star., 1948-01-04

Of Marines across the Atlantic at q time
when the United States ID withdrawing
troops from some Of It's formerly occupied
regions Is bound to attract attention. II
no announcement had been made, exag-
gerated stories and speculation might have
ensued. There Is lot of speculation as
1t is, which Is only natural.
The fact that the overseas movement
involves only sufficient men and officers
to fill out the peacetime compliments of
the carrier Midway and three light
cruisers suggests that no startling military
operation is behind the assignment. The
Midway's normal complement OF Marines
is about one hundred and that of each Of
the cruisers about fifty. Thus, II the
four ships had no Marines at all aboard
them-which is not the Casa total of
approximately two hundred and fifty
Marines would be affected With all due
respect for our Leathernecks, that is
scarcely large enough to be, called an
expeditionary force.
At the same time, one may take with
q grain of salt the Nayys explanation that
the assignment is merely for training"
purposes. A1eAe d1S SinPS oiA eiAAS SAae Va
the Atlantic which could be used for the
training of Marines at sea. The Midway
and other warships in the truobled Medi-
terranean area are there in support of
our foreign policies. It is only exercising
normal prudence to keep those ships in
normal operating condition. To have them
undermanned is to weaken them when
they should be strong and ready for any
emergency.
Evening star., 1948-01-04
A For Eust 'Cominform'?

A "Cominform" for the Far East similar
to that in Europe has been awaited for
some time as logical move in Communist
world strategy. Therefore, a proposal to
that effect made by the Chinese Commu-
mist leader, Mao Tse-tung, did not come as
a surprise. The suggestion formed part OF
report made by Mao to the Central Com
mittee of the Chinese Communist Party,
whereof Mao is chairman.
Calling attention to the fact that q
Cominform had been set up by the Euro
pean Communist parties, Mao declared
that similar organization should be
established "to coordinate the liberation
movement of the billion people of the Far
East" And he added: with the co-ordi-
nation of all the democratic elements in
the world third world war will be
avoided and democracy established"
Several deductions can logically be
drawn from this pronouncement, all Of
them ominous. In the first place, SO en-
phatic an Endorsement of the idea by the
authoritative head of the Chinese Com
munist Party would seem to be equivalent
to its speedy implementation. Secondly,
this is official admission that the party is
an integral part of the international Com
munist movement and not specifically
Chinese organization, as apologists for the
Chinese Communists have often tried to
make out. Thirdly, 1t denotes the close
connection Of the party with Moscow since
the European Cominform is obviously a
Moscow creation.
All this tends to confirm the charges
recently made by Chang Kai-shek, head
Of the Chinese Nationalist Government,
that the Chinese Communists are being
actively aided by Moscow and are working
In China for Soviet Russian ends. 1t like
wise tends to confirm q Nationalist asser-
ton that meeting of representatives
from the various Communist parties in the
Far East was held at Harbin, Manchuria
toward the end of November, at which the
groundwork for the proposed Far Eastern
Cominform was doubtless laid.
Qualified observers of Far Eastern
affairs have judged for some time past
that major Communist offensive in East
ern Asia was in the making. If this now
materializes, we may expect intensified
trouble, not only in China but also in
Korea, the countries of Southeast Asia, in
cluding the Netherlands Indies, and even
in India, with such Communist agitation
in Japan as can occur under the vigilant
eye of General Macarthur. Mao's enumer-
alton Of "the billion people of the Far
East" would include all those regions.
AS for China itself, the rapid deteriora-
ton of the Nationalist Government offers
an opportunity for further Communist
gains which is highly disquieting. It is
far from inconceivable that Eastern Asia
may vie with Europe as a field for Com
munist aggression before the year l94s is
many months old. 80. -[
Evening star., 1948-01-04
No Cause for Excitement

There is no apparent reason to attach
Importance of any kind to the routine
assignment of more Marines to four war
ships patrolling the Mediterranean theater.
The announcement that Marines are
being sent inevitably carries tone of
hustle and preparation. But when the
actual Importance of the move is evaluated,
the addition of enough men to bring the
Marine compliments of the ships up to
normal strength can hardly be considered
news event of much importance.
The Navy Department could not well
ayeid issuing press release on the subject.
TSmovement Of even small detachment
Evening star., 1948-01-04
Fifty Years Ago

Under the caption here reproduced, Sanders
& Stayman, 1927 street NV, Percy S. Foster,
manager advertised in The
Music Hoth Star of December 81, 1897, man
Charms dolins from $3.50 to $50; banjos,
Sc to $50; guitars, $6 to $75;
yiolins, 81 to $50; accordions $3.50 to $40; cor
nets, 81 to $25; toy drums, SOC to $3.50; bugles,
60c to 81; zobos, 10c to 81, and harmonicas l0c
to ST. Also bound music books, including his
tories, biographies, anecdotes" SOC to $25.
Leading pianos" were available at prices and
terms to suit every one"
Front-page space in The Star on December
80, 1897, was used to tell of "advices from Of
tawa" via Minneapolis indi-
Resistance to eating that the British
Russia government is preparing
actively resist Russian occu-
patton of Port Arthur and Russian influence
in Korea; also that the cooperation OF the
Japanese fleet with that Of Great Britain is
well-settled fact. Information has been re-
ceived from an inside source that the Ottawa
government 80 days ago notified the Canadian
Pacific officials to be in readiness Tor the I'M
mediate transportation from Montreal to VAN
couver and Esquimault Of $500 men, the con-
tingent consisting of engineers, gunners and
deck officers. I" : The road has prepared for
handling 10000 men, five trains being held in
readiness for this service"
A cable from London to The Star for Decen-
Der %, 1897, conveyed news of the death OF
Lady Millais, widow Of Sir
Death of John Everett Millais, late
Lody MlIois president of the Royal Acad-
emy and one Of the most
notably popular British painters who ever had
lived The dispatch explained: "She was the
divorced wife of John Ruskin, who voluntarily
gave her up when 1t was evident that she
loved Millais Ruskin stood by in the church
while, in 1855, she was married to Millais." But
book published only a few weeks ago denies
this story and, on that account, the whole
mysterious drama of Ruskin's life again, after
half century, is being discussed.
Fifty years ago Mrs. Minnie Maddern F1ske
was playing "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" at the
Grand Opera House. The Stars
Mrs. Fiske review Of the production appeared
AsTess on December 49, 1897, and it
set forth: "Tess will not be
accepted by the sociologist as type. She b
more; ~ is an individuality, plausible sd
sincere; grim reminder that the stage ~
Evening star., 1948-01-04
Eye for on Eye
rom the Abilene Reflector.

from The Abilene Rsfeetor. -. =.
President Truman says this Is NO time to
stop sale of heavy machinery items and farm
equipment to Russia. Maybe 20, though the
administrations position is q puzzler to many
Americans.
If the American Government plans any con-
troll on exports, 1t appears that friendly ma
tions-even this country itself-should receivs
some kind of priority and that the unfriendly
birds ought to be at the bottom Of the list.
That may be an eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-
tooth sort of. foreign policy, but it fits into
the tough kind Of talking the administration
has been doing in regard to Russia. Tough
talk won't mean much unless 1t Is backed trp
by the same kind Of action.
Evening star., 1948-01-04
For Greater Traffic Safety

4t Is SIdtlIylng LndL washington is con-
tinuing to show good results in its year.
round campaign to reduce the number of
deaths from automobile accidents. The
city's enviable 1946 low traffic fatality
record, which won 1t the National Safety
Councils grand award, has been main
tanned in 1947. During the past year, the
number of traffic deaths again was held
down to seventy-two, the lowest figure for
any year since the Traffic Bureau has been
compiling accident statistics.
In 1916 the council awarded Washington
first safety honors for It's achievement in
reducing the accident toll from ninety six
in 1945 to seventy-two in 1916. counting
transportation accidents of all kinds. OF
that total ffty-nine deaths occurred as
result Of motor-vehicle mishaps. Con-
sidering the latter class of accidents only,
the city did not show up as well last year
as in the record-breaking safety year
preceding. There were sixty-ive deaths
in automobile accidents in 1947.
In comparing the two years, however,
it must be remembered that there were
more automobiles on the streets during the
past year than in 1946 and hence there
were more hazards for motorists and
pedestrians. The increase in traffic may
be Judged from the fact that gasoline
consumption increased 80 per cent during
the year. Car registrations rose during
the year more than 20 per cent. Yet auto
mobile deaths rose less than per cent.
With the number of automobiles on the
streets steadily increasing, there Is cause
for even greater effort to keep the death
toll at a minimum. One field of safety
education in which Washington Is tagging
behind some other progressive cities is
in the teaching of safe driving in the
schools. OF the approximately two mil
lion boys and girls who reach driving age
each year in this country, only small
number have had the advantage of prac-
tical driving instruction in high schools.
Specially equipped automobiles have been
offered free to Washington high schools
by the automotive industry, but school
officials have been reluctant to accept
them until permit fees are reduced and
certain responsibilities under the program
fixed by law. This will require legislation.
The new Congress will be asked to take
necessary action. There should be no
delay in providing the legislative authority
to institute in all of the local senior high
schools these highly desirable courses in
automobile safety.
Evening star., 1948-01-04
Professor Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead probably was
the greatest mathematician philosopher
of his generation. Eighty-six when he died
at Cambridge on next to the last day OF
1947, he leaves name which already is
assured of long association with important
forerunners and with followers of distinc-
ton. On the remoter extreme he touches
the Greeks and Newton; on the modern
side he was a commentator on Einstein
and Nicholson and the teacher of Bertrand
Russell. If he did not attract large
popular audience, the fault was not his.
He never consciously wanted to be simply
q thinkers thinker.
The basis of Professor Whiteheads doc
trinal achievement was genuine affection
for wisdom He loved his work profoundly,
and his pleasure in 1t was obvious even to
strangers. Certainly, few lay contem-
poraries could understand even the most
elementary of his ideas. His symbols, in
vented to express conceptions of reality,
were too poetic for ordinary folk to grasp.
The trick of using words in defiance of the
dictionary was one of his discoveries"
which, \defensible enough as he believed,
separated him from readers dedicated to
stubborn exactness. He was creative
mystic, arguing that mathematics is "liter-
ally the language of divinity"
Naturally no defnitive goal was feasible
to such mind or such spirit. Professor
Whitehead never arrived anywhere-and
doubtless would have been unhappy If he
had! His business in life was to seek, not
necessarily to find. Thus, in his own way,
he met the requirement which Huxley
laid down for Hume, pursuing truth for
its own sake Perhaps it is correct to say
that he learned less and less about more
and more as he continued the chase, but
knowing very little conceivably may be to
know a great deal, indeed His logic was
first-rate, his methods satisfactory to HIM
self, his aspirations congenial. The Mathe-
matical Association in England did not
make him it's president for nothing nor
the Royal Society and the Royal Academy
each make him a fellow without desert.
1t easily may be that the philosophers Of
two or three centuries hence may en-
counter him on the road and recognize
him as q brother ! no went on ahead.
Evening star., 1948-01-04
The Liberiu Company

Announcement of the impending de-
parture of "fact-hnding" mission to
Liberia draws public attention to sig
nificant venture of American "big busi-
ness" combined with American idealism.
This mission consists of five executive
specialists of the recently launched Liberia
Company. Headed by former Secretary
of State Edward r. Stettinius, jr, and with
q distinguished board of directors, the
company aims both at the development
OF Liberals natural resources and at the
Improvement of the Liberian people. Its
program is inclusive in both respects.
Every phase of Liberals economic life has
4 place in the program, notably the en-
engagement of cocoa-growing, palm prod
ucts, gold mining, construction OF utilities
and the building Of communications
system as yet almost entirely lacking. The
human side will be taken care OF by
subsidiary known as the Liberian Founda-
ton, which will promote sanitation, hy-
giene, technical training and an educa-
tional system eventually eliminating in
q University of Liberia. Af1liates of the
company are to handle operations In each
epeclnc economic IlelQ.
The most significant aspect of all this
Is that it is pioneer experiment" to
develop the material and human resources
Of q backward country with private Amer
lean capital, initiative and "know-how."
Neither our Government nor our taxpay-
ers are involved in any way.
This, however, is in accordance with the
fiberian tradition The little republic on
the west coast of Africa was founded in
the 1S20s by several American philan-
thropic societies to make provision for
freed American slaves by establishing
them in their ancestral continent The
experiment was only a qualified success.
The numbers of settlers were not large,
philanthropic support waned, and the
settlements left to themselves, vegetated.
However, the immigrants and their de-
scendants maintained their identity and
never lost their cultural contacts with the
United States. In return, our State De-
partment kept a paternal eye on Liberia
and saved the Negro republic from being
obliterated by the expanding French and
British imperialism toward the close OF
HE nineteenth century.
More recently, American-Liberian rela-
tions have grown closer. The republics
tangled finances were Strengthened out two
decades ago by an American loan coupled
with supervision of its service. Still later,
the Firestone interests started large
rubber development in Liberia and during
World War II the republic served as a
valuable air base for our forces.
There is certainly much to be done in
Liberia Though its territory covers
$4,000 square miles approximately the
die OF virginia., only the coastal fringe
b developed OF even civilized. There dwell
the "Americo} iberians," descendants OF
Evening star., 1948-01-04
Breed and Perdition

There seems to be no end to the multi
plication of worries in our time. Even
white bread calls for some measure OF
fretfulness now. The day was when we
could look upon it as the staff Of life and
eat it without qualms, dunking it in gravy,
putting butter and sugar on it, and dress
ing 1t up in ever so many other ways to
delight our palates and contribute, as we
thought, to our physical well-being. What
a shock it is, therefore, to be told at this
late date that there may be real danger
lurking in it and that we had better be
wary Of it lest it shatter our nerves, drive
us to drink, and put us on the road to
perdition.
The man who has raised this new specter
in the atomic age is Anton j. Carlson, a
professor emeritus of the University OF
Chicago and one of the worlds most emf
nent psychologists. He has not minced
words on the subject. In an address to
the annual meeting of the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science, he
has stated fatty that 80 per cent OF the
white flour produced in the United States
is bleached by a chemical agent IA gas
compounded of nitrogen and chlorine)
that makes our bread something to be
looked at with leery eye. Such bread,
according to Professor Carlson, may not
seem to have any clinical effests on per-
sons who do not eat too much of it, but
there is strong possibility that 1t dis
turbs many personality and acts as "a
nerve poison" on potentially unstable
people, contributing to their emotional
breakdown. Moreover, in his judgment,
individuals inclined to drink excessively
may become active alcoholics as a result
of eating it regularly even in small por-
tions. rs arr .-.-
Coming from man less distinguished
than Professor Carlson, this warning prob
ably could be brushed aside and forgotten.
In view of its source, though, all OF US
with a tendency toward timidity and
hypochondria will take 1t most seriously.
Every piece of white bread we see from
now on will give us sense OF peril. 1t Will
make us envision ourselves as nervous
wrecks or barroom derelicts, and when
ever we are bold enough to eat OF it we
will feel we are living dangerously, and
we will be less than thrilled or happy
about 1t. This is too much! II Professor
Carlson is right, let the nlillers and bakers
of America do something about it. Let
them get another bleaching agent, an in
nocuous one. What with A-weapons, super
sonic flight, initiation, and Henry Wallace,
we have more than enough to worry about
already. At least, at very least, let us have
peace of mind regarding the staff of life.