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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-22
MethOdism In BlufftOn
Historical Background

The history Mehodisna Bufton begins pioneer days
closely related the development Of this section Of Ohio
counties ands ceded by the Indas in the Treaty OF
Mdumee This originally Shawnee Indian Reservation the
lost be thrown open white settlement included the
Pqud Land District with office located Wdpdkonetd
July 1888 Joseph received from the State OF Ohio
100 southwestern OF section
one Rldnd township which includes about the center OF the
present business district OF Button The next December
d. 1884 Jones sold this quarer section Daniel l. Gobe whence
we have Gobes oddihon TO the village
His negbor the Joseph Detord who received from
the Sue OF Ohio another OF 80 November N 1884
1t Joseph Deford who built the first cabin within the
limits of Button the of Riley and North Moin streets
Deord the Of the first mill little corncracker, thd
stood just east Of the bridge Big Riley u s. 2o North
Mcin
Other eorY lnd grant holders in the vicinity Eos Hutch
and Green MenrY 1888 ohn Corahu 1884 Caleb Cos
kill, and his Iosiah and Budd Goskn l834-35
As the little settlement ground the mill 1t Wos known
Coghan the old Post Office located in the log
stod about where the residence OF Paul Duer
stands South Main street
About this Hchldnd Township organized in 1885 under
OF David Miller and others David Miller shoemaker
Rchand County and through his influence the
township named after his former counYRchond Henry
Shdnk Gobe the first Of the peace and
Henry Carter constable Rchlond township remained part OF
county until the General Assembly erected Augdze County
February a. l848 when transferred TO Allen County
About five otter the first cabin was built by joseph
Deford 81 1888 plated the into 9 lots and
called Shonnon after Wilson Shannon who elected Governor
1888 1t until August H. 1861 tot the vloge
Blufon organized when osuh Powell elected
shonon wos changed to Button ohough long prior the latter
bestowed it.
Cabin Serves For A Church
the land Of the Goshls in the southeast quarter OF
Rcond township that the first preaching services
the cobn OF Budd Gus This cabin stood on the
W. The cabin unusual IN hdtl
wosoy log building with outside sdrway Leading
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-22

EDIToR's NoTE: The folooing historical sketch has
been compiled By A. j. B. Longsdor chairman Of the
official board and trustee Of the church, In connection
Nth the If5tk anniversary of the founding OF the
denomination IN Button.
Evening star., 1949-12-09
Man Killed in Coal Yard
As Truck Hoist Slips.

A 30-year-old man was killed
yesterday afternoon, when his
head was crushed beneath the
dump box Of a dump truck he
was repairing in the coal yards
of the Edelin, Transfer Service,
Sixteenth and B streets Sc.
He was Eugene Spell, 30, COL
ored, of 10 Seventeenth street
Sc, an employe Of the small
transfer and fuel firm for about
four months. Firemen and rescue
squad workers struggled tor sew
eral minutes to remove the body
Of the coal truck operator, who
was pinned to the chassis be-
meath the movable coal dImp box.
John A. Edelin,. 70, colored,
owner of the business, said Spell
had told him something was
wrong with the hoist" on the
truck, and had begun tinkeril,g
with the mechanism when the
2-ton box apparently slipped. The
truck driver Was pronounced dead
by DR.. Lewis Burdette at Casualty
Hospital.
Evening star., 1949-12-09
DE Courcy on Board
To Study Revamping
In State Department

William E. De Courcy, American
Ambassador to Haiti, has been
chosen to represent the career
Foreign Service on a three-man
committee to study proposals for
amalgamation of the State De-
partment's Foreign Service and
Washington personnel into a
single service, it was learned to-
day.
Secretary of State Acheson has
selected the committee to advise
him on whether it Is desirable
now to carry out the move recon-
|mended by the Hoover Commis-
sion last year and, If 50. how it
should be done.
Other members are James H.
Rowe, jr., Washington attorney
and a former administrative as
sistant to President Roosevelt and
an assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral, and Robert RamSpeck. for
mer Democratic Representative
from Georgia and onetime chair
man Of the House Civil Service
Committee.
Rowe Heads Committee.
Mr.. Rowe, a member Of the
Hoover Commission that recon-
mended gradual amalgamation OF
the foreign service and depart
mental personnel into single
foreign affairs service obligated
to serve at home or abroad. Is
chairman of the new committee,
Omcials said the group Is ex-
pected to start work soon after
the first of the year. It was un-
certain how soon Mr.. De Courcy
may be able to take time out for
the special study from his post In
Haiti.
Mr.. De Courcy, a veteran Of 28
years in the Foreign Service and
onetime chief of the Foreign
Service Personnel Division In the
State Department. will be in a
position to make sure that the
viewpoint Of career diplomats is
taken fully into account In the
study of amalgamation proposals.
Fear for Elite Status.
Many of the career Foreign
Service officers. chosen through
much sitter examinations than
regular civil service tests. fear
that the "elite" status of their
corps might suffer in any ANAL
gamation.
Secretary Of State Acheson was
a member Of the Hoover Commis-
sion that recommended the
amalgamation into a new "safe-
guarded career group admins
tered separately from the general
civil service"
But preliminary study Of the
complicated problems involved in
the proposals have left him and
other officials concerned uncertain
as to just what should be done
now. Administrative officials Of
the department have come up
with no specific recommendation.
Questions Need Solution.
II amalgamation should be un-
dertaken, questions to be worked
out include such things as how
far down the line In the foreign
and departmental services it
should go, the type of entrance re-
quirements for the new combined
services, and 50 on.
Most other Hoover Commission
reorganization recommendations
Evening star., 1949-12-09

the Highway Department was as
sailed for allowing the streets in
the associations area to remain
"the worst Of any section in the
city"
The discussion came after a let
ter from George Keneipp. director
of traffic and vehicles. was read
in answer to the associations re-
quest for an additional traffic
light In the area. Members inter-
preted the letter to say that traf-
fic lights were not installed until
five accidents had occurred at the
Evening star., 1949-12-09

for the State Department already
have been carried out. Among
these are Capitalization Of the
Foreign Service and departmental
administrative and personnel d.
visions, as well as delegation OF
greater responsibility for general
operations to new assistant secre-
tarieS.
Evening star., 1949-12-09

intersection which warranted the
installation of the lights. -
Mr.. Keneipp said today that a
record of five accidents at an
intersection was only one OF seven
requisites for installation Of a
traffic light. Others, he said, were
at least 800 pedestrians passing
the intersection an hour and a
count of vehicular traffic.
I'VE have requests for lights
for practically every intersection
in the CITY," Mr.. Keneipp said,
"but we have to look at the city as
Evening star., 1949-12-09

whole and decide where to set
up lights"
The associations discussion Of
the traffic light situation led to
the airing of opinions about con-
ditions of streets, curbs and gut
ters. The organizat ton ordered a
committee to report on the situa-
ton after an investigation.
In another action, the associa-
ton recommended more buses at
peak hours on the Washington,
Marlboro & Annapolis bus line.
Evening star., 1949-12-09
RandIe Citizens Score
Highway Department

The Highway Department was
called "the least cooperative Of
any In the District Government"
by member Of the Randle High
lands Citizens Association last
night.
At the groups regular meeting,
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Bare A.Bomb Tests
Al bikini 10 Aid Peace
Price Of Illinois Asks

A Democratic House member to-
day demanded that military CEN
sorship" be ended on the Bikini
atom bomb tests because general
knowledge of the results would
be wholesome thing"
The proposal came from Repre-
sentative Price of Illinois, a men,
ber of the Joint Atomic Energy
Committee. He said he will ask the
committee to try to persuade De-
fense Secretary Forrestal to re-
lease q report prepared by the
JOINT Chiefs Of Staff evaluation
board.
Il am not asking that any mill.
tary secrets be revealed" he ex.
planned, but 7 believe a general
report on the Bikini tests should
be made public. I don't want to
reveal the number of atom bombs
we have or do anything to help
another nation make the atom
bomb"
He said that "if the Russian
people, as well as the American
people. are given the full facts
about the destructive potential OF
Evening star., 1949-02-21
|LiDue Back in Nankiinq
After Effort 10 Return
Government There
BY fhs Assoeioisd Press

NANKING, Feb. 81. - Acting
President Ii Tsung- -Jen of China
was due back in Nanking some
time today from a flying trip to
Canton to try to get Premier Sun
Fo and the cabinet to return to
Marking.
In Canton, Mr.. Ii issued a
statement saying those who try
to solve China's political issues by
means of military force are
doomed to failure.
A representative Of Premier Sun
Fo, here to talk with the acting
president, predicted Mr.. Sun
would come back to Marking If
the legislative Yuan requested
him to. Mr.. Sun has been Ill, the
representative said.
Three cabinet officers-the min
isters Of communications, agricul-
ture and social affairs-reported-
ly have submitted their resigna-
tions. Action to fill their posts
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Fisher Is Named Manager
0fPrince GEORGES Golf Club

Joseph A. Fisher has been ap-
pointed manager of the Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club,
it was announced yesterday.
Mr.. Fisher, IS. was first man
ager there several years ago.
Since then, he has been with the
University Club.
Formerly he was president Of
Rauchers, Inc, catering firm, and
manager Of the Kenwood Country
Club and the Westmoreland Club
in Richmond.
Lewis Eisele, president, said the
Prince Georges club will expand
its program to serve rapidly
growing section. He and s. Wal
ter Bogley.. jr., two Of the three
owners. said more than $4,000
would be spent this year renovat-
ing the building and facilities.
Some redecorating has been COM
pleted.
Clifford Eisele. brother Of the
president, Is the third owner.
Evening star., 1949-02-21

ris necessary Il the designations ar'
accepted.
Mr.. Ii flew to Canton in what
was described as final effort tt
restore Chinese government unity
He was reported prepared to de-
mand the custer Of Sun Fo if the
lpremier refused to return to
Marking.
Central China's Gen. Pal
Chung-hsi, close friend of Mr.
Lis, was in Marking apparently
to safeguard the Presidents office
during Mr.. LIS absence in the
south. -
Marking newspapers predicted
Gen. Pal later would fly south to
talk with retired President Chang
Kai-shek at Fenghwa. Informed
sources, however, discounted these
reports.
The China Times in a dispatch
from Peiping said Communist
leaders have selected delegates to
negotiate a peace settlement with
NatiorAlists.
The newspaper listed the Red
delegates as Gen. Yeh Chien-ying
Mayor of Peiping. and Chou En-
lai, No. 2 Chinese Communist,
The newspaper said Shen Chiun-
yu would represent the Chinese
Democratic League and Ii Chi-sen
the Kuomintang Revolutionary
Committee.
The China Times added that
Evening star., 1949-02-21

the atom bomb, I believe q long
step will be taken toward making
sure that there will be no future
war"
Meanwhile. the Federation of
American Scientists urged that
distribution Of radioactive isotopes
be supervised by the United Ma
tions. The suggestion came from
DR.. Arthur Roberts, chairman of
the federation's Administrative
Committee.
In a letter to U. N. Secretary
General Trygve Lie. DR.. Roberts
said: 1T is apparent that the
United Nations negotiations on
the control of the dangerous as
poets of atomic energy have
reached temporary deadlock" ="
Hence, he added, a limited agree
ment in the isotope field might
modify some of the view points
regarding control"
The iSotopes are varieties OF
atoms which give of radiations
and are produced in atomic energy
reactors. The United States has
been making them available to
foreign nations for medical, scien-
tific, agricultural and industrial
research"
Evening star., 1949-02-21

the Communists were well In
formed on the state Of Nationalist
military strength and were con.
vinced the Kuomintang would b
unable to rebuild its forces,
Evening star., 1949-02-21
G. G.. N. Y. Alumni to Meet

Washington alumni Of the City
College of New York will meet at
8:15 pm. Wednesday at the Hotel
Hamilton. Ben Gilbert, city edi-
tor of the Washington Post. will
speak.
Evening star., 1949-05-11

opment. Furthermore. the Land
agency also would be directed
TO transfer % the National Cap
itai Housing Authority real prop
erty Ia the redeyelopEneni plan
10 be devoted 70 public housing.
Mr.. Foiey said the amendments
have been approved by the Dis
trsct Commissioners. the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. the Land agency and the
ECHA-
Evening star., 1949-05-11
crooner Sues Wife

Los ANGELES, MAY II - r--
FrarksF Lame. -, who SEours
bobby -soxe-s with fss crcOcsng
can't harmonic win his wife
He sued her yesterday IN Superior
Court for divorce. clayggag cruelty
Mr.. Lame. whose real name Is
Frank Paul Io vecchae. said his
wife. NeIllraA Gadlune Isa, Vecehlo
"a. already fsas entered into o
property settlement.
Evening star., 1949-05-11

would be continued In fun force
and effect. but the agency itself
would be provided With an alter
native method Of financing alum
clearance and redevelopment op-
erations here. under the new ma
tional housing bill.
Senate Amendment Backed.
Mr.. Foley also recommended that
the amendment inserted IN the
housing bill by the Senate 70 re-
store the power of the NCHA 20
acquire land should be added as
an amendment 70 the House bill.
This. he explained. would permit
this agency 10 acquire property in
the ''redevelopment project area, ="
to be devoted TO public housing
The Senate amendment had been
sponsored by Senator Sparkman.
Democrat, Of Alabama.
The land agency. under the
amendment, would be authorized
to transfer to the National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commis-
sion funds necessary to carry out
its functions Of preparing the
so-called master plan Of redevel-
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Amended Housing Bill
To Remedy.D.C. qums
is Forecast by Spence

Chairman Spence Of the House
Banking Committee said today he
hopes to report out the new ma
tional housing bill sometime this
week, with amendments TO include
the District In the slum clearance
and redevelopment provisions Of
the measure.
Expressing approval Of amend
ments submitted to his committee
yesterday to bring the District In
to full participation for Federal
loans and grants. Mr.. Spence said
I'VE shall try to put them into the
BILL"
IT am heartily In favor Of slum
clearance for Washington" he
declared. Washington ought TO
be made the exhibit city for the
reedom-loving people Of the
world"
The amendments were submit
ted to him yesterday by Raymond
M. Foley. Administrator Of the
Housing and Home Finance Agen-
cy. after conferences with several
District agencies here.
Provides Loans, Grantk.
Mr.. Foley's Office explained the
amendments would constitute a
new section Of the housing bill ito
make available to the District and
to authorize the appropriate agen-
cies operating therein to get the
benefits provided under Titles ]
and II Of the housing BILL" These
titles provide loans and grants for
slum clearance and redevelopment
The amendments also would
amend the District Redevelopment
Act Of l946 to authorize the Dis
trict Redevelopment Land Agency
the National Capital Housing Au-
thority, and "other appropriate
agencies" to receive benefits under
the national housing bill ito the
same extent that the States. terri
tories and other municipalities
would be authorized to partici-
pate"
The original land agency act
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-07-30

Americans had been made the
victims of rioting in st. Louis,
and colored leaders" in that
city had said that "the Reds"
were at fault. Right in Youngs-
town, Ohio, the leadership Of the
NAACP found itself powerless to
combat Ku Klux Klanism in Its
swimming pools, and it had COW
cred up its ineffeetiveness by
turning its back on the pool
issue and yelling 'Redl" at others
who had had the effrontery to
come into She fight for equal,
legal American rights. 1t was to
them and the others as back
ward as they, that J. Finley Will
son had been speaking.
Lamps In the Darkness
It is good, in these gloomy
times Of Confusion and harrass-
ment", to find even two loud
voices raised in honesty and
boldness on the question Of the
black man and what he thinks.
If ever there has been a day of
false prophets, this is 1t, and the
colored American is packing a
burden Of the nmany times as
heavy as Is his right under the
usual ten-percent plan Of appor-
tionment. Words from the lips Of
Dunjee and Charlotte Bass and
: Charlee Howard are not often
needed; maybe, coming from the
Urban League and the Elks they
will fell on the attentive ears Of
larger audiences. At least, let
me be among the first to praise
Finley and Lester for their eour-
age and integrity.
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Governor DeVer
Points to Progress
In Veterans Housing

$l,5O0,000 at Belmont, and for
a 68-unit development at an es-
timated cost of $95O,OOO to be To-
Gated on Walden Street, Cam
bridge. Bids will be opened with
in a few days for project COM
prising IA units at an estimated
cost of $l,622,0O0 to be construct
ed at Watertown, and 14-unit
development at an estimated cost
of $4,000 at Westboro. It is an
ticipated that construction on a
l26-unit development to be locat-
ed at Arlington, estimated to cost
$1,eO0,000, will be underway early
in August.
The report further discloses the
approval Of a 228-unit develop
ment at Cambridge at an esti-
mated cost of $3,085,00O; the APP
proval Of the construction of 0
buildings housing "a units at
Clinton at cost of $35s,OOO; the
construction of four 3-story brick
buildings for housing veterans
and their families comprising 40
units at Lynn at an estimated cost
of $744,000; and the construction
of seven 3-story garden type
buildings housing SO families at
an estimated cost of $414,O00 at
Swampscott.
1t is further indicated in the
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sibly be speaking for the Is mil
lion colored people of the eoun-
try, but that, he, in his long
experience of dealing with them,
was pretty sure that colored folks
as q whole are darn sick and
tired of having their relatives
and friends hung up in trees and
barbecued and that the Com
mittee had better look pretty
closely into some of the things
that are beginning to trouble
colored Americans. He reported,
as I or you would have reported,
the patent truth that in the
whole history of the land we
have never contributed a traitor,
but he left the Committee very
definitely under the impression
that we are far from happy as
the Committee would like to be-
lieve. 1t was grand job, and
/ salute Mr.. Granger for it.
Finley Wilson: Nobody's Red
]. Finley Watson, the diminu-
tive leader of all the Elks and
their Sister Elks in the colored
precincts of the land, is no Red.
If you have any idea that he is
even pink, you don't know him.
But while Finley is no radical, he
is also no fool, as countless per-
sons who have tried to depose
him in the last three decades
have found out. Therefore J.
Finley Wilson felt called upon to
do some hard, common-sense de-
bunking when he addressed a
huge gathering in the Henry
Hudson in New York last week
Said the short but hard Elk
leader: SIN order to confuse ano
harrass the colored people Of
America into believing that they
have no rights which the white
man is bound to respect, they
have taken to labelling any Of
our leaders who disagree witt
them as Red, and therefore dis.
loyal. They have gotten a few
of our misguided people to joir
them"
Terse, True, Timely
Whatever fault / have had tx
find with the 'Little Napoleon
Of Elkdom in the past, in thii
position he made a statement
which was terse, it was true, ano
it was most especially timely. A
week before he made It coloret
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-07-30
CAMBRIDGE

ST. PAUL A. M. E. CHURCH
Req. B. A. GalIotDdy, DID,, Pastor
Despite absentees on vacation,
last Sunday services were well
attended. In the morning, the
pastor spoke on Affirmative
Faith" and gave an instructive
discourse on the subject. At
night his treatment of the Gun
known God" was generally said
to be the best handling of that
subject ever heard by those
present. The senior choir was
augmented by several members
of the Young Adult Choir in the
morning, Lillian Agard at the
piano. At night the senior choir
again furnished inspiring music.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-07-30

Growing children need vitamin
packed food for between.m sa;
snaeks. old.fashioned O0tmedl Cooh
ies contain molasses rich in iror
and the oatmeal is loaded with vi
tamin B.. Cream v cup shortening
and ! cup sugar together. Add 4
tsps. pdnillu and . eggs. one At
time beating well after each addi-
ton. Add ! tbSp. Hol0sses and Z
fsps. soda which has been dissolved
In fosp. tc0ter. Sift cup fowr, I
tsp. cinnamon, tsp. salt and add
to mixture. Stir in caps oatmeal.
I cup rotsins, v cap chopped aooI.
nEts. Drop from q teaspoon on un-
creased 4 aluminium cookie sheet.
Bake in preheated gas oven at
s76'F. Yields 4 doz. cookies.
There's much more fatigue in dry
ing than washing clothes because
Of the IS lbs. OF wet wash 70 be
carried out to the line. hung TO dry,
later taken in and sprinkled for
ironing. A gas dryer automatically
eliminates all this back breaking
drHdgery.
Children's treat: SkeWer bananas
on wooden sticks. dip In melted
semi-sweet or milk chocolate. Freeze
in cube compartment Of your gas
refrigerator.
There are 100000 working wives
VINO have families 10 cook for. Many
OF them prepare oven meals ahead
Of time. set the clock control on
their gas ranges SO they'll be free
10 do other household tasks while
the meal cooks without watching.
"A pastry brush II q handy kitchen
accessory. For example. whom max
ing q gelatin dish. brush the mold
with salad oil SO that when set. tbs
| gelatin slips out easily.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-07-30

- BUT -
Billie, there's just one thing
II you had money to lend
And I wanted to borrow some
Would you still be my friend?
BY PEGGY NEWMAN
Dedicated to DR.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Marshall for their kindness
to my husband, DR.. Felix New
man, and me on our arrival in
Worcester, twenty : three years
ago. 1t has been a long and last
ing friendship. May God bless
you and your family
Rev. A. Alexander Lewis, mini
ster Of the Union Baptist
Church, Elisabeth, N. j., will be
the guest of Rev. and Mrs. H.
Benton Harris, speaking Sun
day, at 1880 AM, at John s.
Baptist Church. Rev. Lewis and
Rev. Harris will leave for Ocean
Park, Maine, where the yboth
are Councillors and teachers in
the Royal Ambassador Boys
Camp. Rev. Harris will also
teach q class in the Teachings
of Jesus" which will follow the
close Of camp at the school of
methods there. During the pas
week Rev. Harris attended Il 4
50th annual convention of the
National United Ushers Assoc
iation of America, Inc, held in
Boston July $3.50, 194o, and was
made an honorary member at
the convention.
NOTICE
Please send me your news, a
penny postal card can do the
trick or dial 1884. I'm trying
to keep this column alive until
Billie returns. Church, club,
civic activities, illness, deaths,
marriages, social gossip, vacation
news, etc. Positively no scandal
or unsigned mail.
So long, friends
Your servant,
PEGGIE