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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-03-31

state Class 3 championship final
game twice, once under Coach Dick
Beehtol, who piloted this years Del
phos st. Johns team Lima st. Rose
made the select list once, and this
year was Delphos st. Johns first
appearance in the last game Of the
tournament, although once before
the Blue Jays lost to the eventual
champion in the semi-final.
Last Saturday, the st. Johns
Blue Jays, who beat Bluffton rath-
er easily during the regular season.
spilled a once-heaten team which had
been picked by all the tournament
experts as the new Class B cham
pion.
Incidentally, this marks the third
year in a row that a Glass B team
from the Celina Sectional tourna-
ment for this district has played in
the state final.
Last year it was Lima St. Rose
and the year before New Knoxville
was tourney fnalist. Both, how
ever, lost out for the championship
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-03-31
Delphos St. Johns Is First Allen
County Cage Team To Win Ohio Title

After years of being a brides
maid but never bride, Allen coun.
ty basketball teams finally saw one
Of their number reach the ever
elusive state championship status
last Saturday when Delphos St.
Johns played inspired ball to defeat
Cincinnati Lockland Wayne by a
score of At to 43.
Over the years, four Allen county
teams played five times in the final
tournament game to decide the Glass
B championship, but not until Del
phos came through yictoriously last
Saturday had any succeeded in
clinching the title.
Button is one of the four teams
which have appeared in the final
championship round. The Pirates in
1929 fought their way 10 the final
before losing to Akron st, Marys by
one point. On another occasion, the
Bluffton team lost out In the semi
final round.
Lima St. Johns has played in the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-03-31
Shorter High School
Longer College Urged

Shortening of high school TO d
two years course with elimination
of much time-consuming extra-cur-
ricular activities and lengthening of
college courses for a longer period
was advocated by Don Smucker, who
gave series of talks before the
Bluffton college student body.
Smueker is on the faculty of Chi
cago Mennonite Bible seminary and
a Button native.
Extra-curricular activities are of
ten stressed too much IN high school
and with reorganization of curric-
ulum eliminating a portion of these,
most students could finish their high
school studies in two years, he said
However, schooling whether it be
of the high school or college level
does have a great deal to do with the
development of personality. There
fore extra a-curricular activities have
! reyelance in school, They are neces-
sary for a we'll balanced personality.
Smucker thinks activities such as
debate, dramatics and journalism are
excellent because they help to
develop the students use of the
English language.
The major failure of schools to-
day is that students are not taught
the mastery of English and at least
one other modern foreign language"
Now with the "global shrinkage"
students should learn to converse in
either French, German, Spanish, or
Russian.
Women Need Home Training
Women should have more training
IN the matter of homemaking and
family said Smucker. He does not
think that woman's place is exclusive
ly in the home nor does he believe
that every girl should major in Home
&c. However according to the law
of averages, most women marry and
have children and therefore they
should be better prepared for this
occupation than they usually are
now.
Il favor very much the great
books idea used at Chicago" said
Smucker. Under this system you do
not read about the classics and
masters such as Plato, but you
actually read the classics and what
the masters actually said.
Fine arts should be stressed much
more than they are believes Smuck-
er. Now with means of mass educa-
tion at our disposal such as television
and movies, these mediums should be
raised to higher caliber,
Schools should link all studies with
Christian truth according to Smuck-
er. Schools should be organized
around this principle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-03-31
Total Eclipse Of Moon Will Be
Visible Here Tuesday, April Il

A total eclipse of the moon on
Tuesday night, April Y, will be
visible here if skies are clear, and
local residents will have an oppor-
tunity to see the lunar body put on
dramatic performance by first
turning red and then going out"
The total eclipse will last one
hour and 25 minutes, with totaIity
beginning at 1928 p. m. and end
ing at 11:53 p. m. Astronomers
warned, however, that the lunar
show might begin few minutes
earlier or later than the scheduled
starting time.
Although much interest remains in
eclipses of the moon and sun, the
superstitions at one time associated
with eclipses are vanishing from the
American scene.
Greeks, for example, once believed
that the moon had a light and dark
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-03-31

Mrs. Irwin Fisher, son and daughter,
Miss Doris Fisher, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Amstutz and son and Robert
Which, all of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Downey and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Which of
Beaverdam.
The afternoon was spent with
musical entertainment by Irwin Fish
er, Alfred Basinger of Button, and
Robert Bibler of Rawson. Ice cream
and cake were served following the
entertainment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-03-31

side, and that it turned its back
during an eclipse.
American Indians had a theory
that big dogs were trying to eat the
moon during an eclipse and they
retaliated by beating their own dogs
with sticks whenever the event oc-
Cured. Some oriental people still
shoot off fire crackers, beat drums
and make all noise possible to scare
off whatever seems to be happening
to the moon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-03-31
Serviceman HOnOred

In honor of Pvt. Keith Hummon
of Toledo, home from California on
furlough a dinner was served at the
home. of his grandparents Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Fisher.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs
Kenneth Hummon and son Pvt. Keith
of Toledo; Mr. and Mrs. Wendell
Garlinger and daughters, Mr.. and
Evening star., 1949-01-11
Goren on Bridae

An interesting hand on which
some players failed to realize the
full potentialities in the recent
Maumee Valley tournament at To-
ledo, Ohio, is recorded today. E. G.
"Duke" Dautell. my partner in the
mems pair championship, obtained
the maximum result by contracting
for game in spades and fulfilling
the contract with an overtrick.
While the making of II tricks is
simplicity itself, nevertheless when
q dummy reversal play presents it
self it is curious to observe how fire.
quently it will be missed by players
of more than average experience.
These hands seem to present some
sort Of optical illusion.
Let us take a moment with the
bidding. The opening bid Of one
club was not part of any convention,
nor was it an attempt on the part
of North to be fancy" 1t had con-
siderable practical logic behind It.
With hands containing close to five
honor tricks (about 20 points there
is somewhat of risk involved in
opening with one spade where some
other satisfactory bid is available.
In the nature of things, it is more
difficult for partner to respond to an
opening bid of one spade than to
bid of one in a lower ranking suit,
for the reason that a one-over-one
response is no longer available. In
order to keep the bidding open with
a call of one no-trump, responder
is required to have six points (the
equivalent Of two kings) whereas a
responder will frequently make
shaded response with four or five
points if he can do so by bidding
one of some suit. For purpose
OF illustration, visualize responder
with:
AK 2Qxxx oK10xx %xxx
If partner opens with one spade the
holder of this hand should pass,
lacking the values required for a
one-no- trump response. But II the
opener happens to bid one club, a
shaded response Of one diamond is
the accepted modern practice.
West opened the queen Of hearts,
which held, and the second heart
was ruffed. At some tables, three
rounds of trumps were drawn and
then a diamond led from dummy
In the hope Of promoting the 18th
trick. West took two tricks in that
suit and held declarer to contract.
@Duke" in the South position drew
only two rounds Of trumps and then
ruffed a heart In the closed hand.
Dummy was re-entered with the
king Of clubs and the remaining
heart ruffed with declarer's last
Evening star., 1949-01-11
WINTERBERRY
/Iler UerticilLdte).

Unlike many of our native shrubs,
winterberries do not flash brilliant
colored flowers in the spring to at
tract attention. The shrub is a
modest member of the holly family
producing small greenish white
flowers in early spring. 1t is usually
established in fence rows, bitches
rich swamps and low thickets
among more snowy neighbors.
In late autumn and early winter
it contributes much to cheer the
dreary landscape. Those small
greentinted blossoms of spring
were visited by nectar-thirsty in
sects, who paid for their drink with
ripe pollen grains from other win
terberry hosts. In their place on
the slender branches bright red
coated seed children are SEEN
Though you failed to see the tiny
flowers, you recognize the scarlet
berries wound bead-fashion about
Evening star., 1949-01-11
Natures Children
By Lillian Cox Athey

the stem. You also make note of
the decorative value of the winter
berry shrub. BY the time the ber-
ries are ripe, the leaves have
turned black and dropped away.
The shrub is from 6-25 feet high.
Winterberry branches are in de-
mand for winter bouquets. Florists
gathering the boughs prune the
shrubs. Knowing something about
plants no destruction occurs, which
cannot be said of those who strip
the tree.
Though we often discover the
berries hanging on for the winter
we know that birds must have
eaten the fruit. This only can &C
count for the transporting of the
winterberry seed and the locations
in which we find the shrub.
On your next hike look for the
winterberry, who has travelled dur
ing the centuries from Nova Scotia
to Florida, west to Missouri. See
how 1t Is tucked away In some re-
Evening star., 1949-01-11
Take My Word for 1t
Bv Fronk% CoIhv
By Fronk Colby

Question-My English class and
are stymied over this construction
Every one went but q? me?)." Can
you turn the light of your common
sense on this puzzler?-Mrs. c. de H.
Answer--Puzzler is the right
word. I seldom deal in the involve
ments of technical grammar: but
this is an important point which
needs explaining.
The truth is, the various authori-
ties I have consulted are at odds on
whether but" in this construction
is conjunction or a proposition.
Here are actual examples from the
dictionaries IN which but" is a
proposition: No one replied but me;
all have coats but me; there was no
one left but me: no one had the
least control over him but her.
Here are examples in which "but"
is conjunction: All but he had fed;
no one replied but I; all were there
but she
And there you are, Mrs. c. de H.
But, some one is sure to ask, what
is "but''-a proposition or a con-
junction?
Listen to these profound words:
"It is often difficult or impossible to
decide whether the word (buD is
conjunction. proposition, an ad-
verb, or particle having various
offices. Funk and Wagnalls.
In modern English the uses of
but followed by nouns and pronouns
are regarded by most writer's as con-
junctive, although use as a prepo-
sition before pronouns is still prev
alent in the spoken language.
especially when the pronoun is in
the final position. Merriam Web
ster's.
MY assistant, old Doc Etaoin
Shrdlu, could not have stated the
case with any more incomprehensi-
bility.
Now here's the way I look at it;
but please understand that this is
only my opinion. and is not gram
matical rule: But" in every one
went but y is a proposition mean
ing with the exception Of" There
fore it calls for the objective pro-
nouns, me, him, her, us, them. I
think that most readers will agree
that every one went but I" sounds
stilted and artificial. On the other
hand, every one went but me" is un-
affected and idiomatic. Notice how
natural it is to say: All had books
but me. All won prizes but him.
Whether to use that or which often
stumps the experts. Mr.. Colby's, leaflet,
C-S. contains q simple key that in
stantly solves the difficult construction.
For COPY. send stamped /. selt,ado sell
him. care of The Star, p o Box 90,
Station G. New York 10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1949-01-11

mote corner among neighbors and
how it has arranged its scarlet
coated seed children to attract IA
vorable attention. The hollies are
partial to red, SO are birds. There
are small winterberries growing up
around the mother plant every year
You could adopt one or more of
them for your lawn and not de-
prive others. A winterberry shrub
is attractive If you can spare the
room for IL
Evening star., 1949-01-11

trump. Dummy was then entered
with the ace of clubs and the last
trump drawn. Now the jack OF
clubs was overtaken with the queen
and on the last club dummy's two
of diamonds was shed. The low
diamond was conceded to the oppo-
sition for their second and f1na
trick The dummy had been con.
verted into the master hand. The
play itself is elementary enough, its
the diagnosis that is the important
consideration.
The identifying characteristics
Of the dummy reversal type of hand
are: Dummy's trumps are good
to pull the adverse trumps,
and the short suit Is in the hand
with the long trumps.
(copyright. 1949, by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1949-01-11
Points for Parents By Edy'h Thomas Wallace

Mother-I don't know how we ever
got along before you came, grand
mother. You do so many things to
help me and to make life happier
for the children.
Evening star., 1949-01-11
Find % or more words In
PILOSITY,

meaning, "hairiness." Average is 26;
limit, Is minutes.
Rules of the game. Words must be of
four letters by the addition of IS" such as
bats" cats" are not used. 8. Only one
form Of o word Is used. 4. Proper names
are not used A list will be published
Evening star., 1949-01-11

Opening lead: Queen of hearts.
Evening star., 1949-01-11
Word Game

room for it.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-18

il"
He related that the church ac-
Clark so that he could be-
come a minister. Clark might
even establish a colored church in
Dallas, someday, he said.
ST think our churches has been
insensitive too long to respond to
this Christian problem. I think
the church lends itself as an ex-
ample of Christian fellowship
that it breaches. It is a mighty
small step, but is is the beginn-
ing"
Clark was born in Plano, Texas
and came to Dallas with his par
ents in 1885. He was graduated
from the Booker r. Washington
high school in 1916. When in the
city, he lives with his mother,
Mrs. Artie Clark, and his sitter
Joyce, 10.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-18
Rating tie ReooaA
b. sFsa,Ae l1aasAanD Davis Ss AMP

dore- appealingly sings DARLING
YOU MAKE 1T so, and cABA-
RET. On Delta the Big Three
Trio harmonic nicely thru TILL
THE DAY I DIE and DON'T LET
THAT MUSIC DE- both. with
solid beats. Rose, Murphy with
her familiar baby voice. and shoe
heel beat sings. on. Victor, GEE /
WONDER WHAT THE
TROUBLE CAN BE and ROSET-
IA. Page the Deep River Boys
on Victor with. their NO ONE,
NO SwEETER THAN YOU. and
the bouncey warning, CRY AND
YOU CRY ALONE.
Then there's Dan Grissom on
Columbia singing the. slow paced
romantic ballad RECESS IN
with an indigoed tint.
Paired is the blush lament WHY
MUST l ADORE your Ex-Ink-
Spot-ter Deck Watson holds down
on Manor with the Brown Dots
on the romantic tune AT OUR
FIREPLACE and the hopping
novelty item B~Ow-WOW-WOW.
Also. Manor is Gwenn Bells AT
TER AWHILE and the oldie IF
IL COULD BE WITH. YOU, both
with Brown Dots assist.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-18
Dr. Ambrose caliver
Nike Study For
Unbiased Persons

WASHINGTON, April 10
tANP)-Ambroses Caliver, speci-
alist for Higher Education of
American Negroes, Office of Ed
ucation, has been designated by
Federal Security Administration
officer Oscar Ewing to conduct a
study for the Displaced Persons
commission during the next 80
days. The request for an Of
flee Of Edncationa representative
to take responsibility for this
project was, made by ugo Carnsi
chairman, Displaced Persons COM
mission.
The study to be made by DR..
Caliver will provide a ~comprehen-
siye report on an o~rientation pro-
gram. for displaced persons who
are eligible for admission to the
IUS under the Displaced Persons
Act Of 1s46. He will visit Ger
many, and Austria, the European
headquarters Of the Displaced Per-
sons commission in Frankfort and
the headquarters of the interna-
tionalRefusee organization, Ge-
neva, Switzerland
Earl James McGrath, commits.
sioner. Of education. pointed out
To-day that this study will be most
significant. cit is one very ur'
gently needed" said Commission
er McGrath,. ito develop recon-
lamentations for the most effective
methods to be used in administra
ton for the o~rientation program
for Displaced persons coming Il
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-18

DALLAS Wl0os uIem
Admits Negro Member
DAlEAS;. Texas, April 49,
(ANR)-Financialr and spiritual
aid from a white church. here has
enabled a, Negro student TO- con-
ttinues his, education to achieve the
goal he seeks--to become a. Pres
byterian minister
Two months ago, the, Oak Cliff
Presbyterian, u. S. church Of this
city,. accepted Daniel Clark, q,
as a member to- enable him to
study for the ministry in that de-
nomination at. Tillotson college in
Austin.
Clark had to become a, member
Of O. church. in that denomination
before be could become a minis
ter. The nearest Negro Presby-
terrain US church in Texas is in
Houston, So the local white church
voted to- admit him here.
Oak Cliff church, however,
knew what it was doing when it
favored the. plea Of its. pastor, the
Rev. Thomas w: Currie, to take
him in.
When 13-year-old, Clark won
second prize in a Bible quiz spon-
sored by the young peoples. de-
partment of the Oak Cliff church.
When he finished high school in
1916, this group, knowing he want
ed to be a minister, sent him to
Stillman institute, a two-yeal
school in Alabama.
Clark's father had died by the
time he graduated, and he almost
omit school. The white church:
young people encouraged him tt
continue his studies, at Tillotson
They said they would help pay, thu
bills.
DIR. E. C. Scott, a state clerl
for national headquarters of TIN
Presbyterian. u. s.. church in DIAL
las said, this was the first tim
a. white church Of this denomina
alton had ever. admitted a Negr'
member. He declared there ar
only about So Negro ,Presbyteria1
churches in the y. s.
The church was established il
Texas in, 1884, It. began in tn
U. s. in 1861.
Rev. Currie said, 'to my min
this is very inspiring. / have. ha
many peaoples to- tell me- that
was a grand thing; of cours
there are a few who did not lik
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-18

Two IL lncherS Waxed by AL
Goodman's ork for Victor have q
collection. of six hit tunes each
from the show. hits South Paci.-
fica and kiss, Me Kate. The
Oscar Hammerstein II2Rochard'
Rodgers penningsrecorded are
SOME ENCHANTED EVENING,
I'M GONNA WASH THAT MAN
(RIGHT ,oUT-A MY HAIRY,
LONELINESS OF EVENING,
BALI HAT, A WONDERFUL
GUY, YOUNGER THAN
SPRINGTIME: the Cole Porter
numbers are so IN LOVE, BIZ
ANCA, WHERE WE'RE THINE
THAT SPECIAL FACE, WUND-
ER-BAR, ALWAYS TRUE TO
YOU IN MY FASHION, WHY
CAN'T YOU BEHAVE.
From the film, "A Connecti-
cult, Yankee, Jack Smith, the
Clark Sisters and Earl Sheldon's
ork liltingly polish off the Capt.
toll labelled BUSY DOING MOTH
ING. Paired is a novelty bounce
which bears watching, SONORA.
Smith sings. this with Frank De-
Vols erk, paired: with U
Vols ork. Alsa from yankee
is WHEN, is SOMETIME by
Margaret Whiting, with Frank De-
Volts ork, paired with the roman
ticaty done THE STORY OF MY
LIFE. 10 Stafford uses one from
yankee" ONCE AND FOR All
WAYS with Paul Weston creu
support to which is paired the
"Kiss Me Kate,' number WHY
CAN'T YOU BEHAVE, done in
slow blued "vipish" tempo.
Strictly Jazz
Lionel and Gladys Hampton,
with Curley Hammer teamed t.
write mi BOOGIE WOOGIF
NO.. II, a really good boogie will
the SO trebling nicely throughout
Paired is what might DE ternaet
a SEQUEL to an oldie. Hamp is a
the piano to- chord the NEW CEN
TRIAL AVENUE BREAKDOWN
Two pianos are used in this mum
her,, backed with powerful driv'
from sidemen. Decca labelling
The Eddie Haywood ork has
field day on the, Benny Carter OF
us POM POM, which showcase
the piano and trombone techniqu
Paired is the Haywood treatmen
of the oldie COQUETTE. Ais
Decca Sy Oliver Grapes on
Of his. cool and distinctive q
rangements around the Charli
Mccormick vocal on JUST i
IN CASE for Decca. The A ri
tokrats aid the vocal chores Palre
is GRAN,MA PLAYS THE NUb
BEERS, a bouncey novelty handle
by Sy Oliver and the ensemble.
Pop Tuness ~
Eve Young joins the Paga. Ca
anaugh trio on Victor to- Sill
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-18

Madam w. C. Wright Of
Detroit, Michigan, wishes to
announce she will hold a meet
ing at 38 Weidner, Wednes-
day mite, April goth at 8 pm.
You who are in need Of g.
Blessing be sure to attend this
meeting. You and You and
Especially you.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-18

the US. The. Office Of Education
is. pleased to- cooperate with the
Displaces Persons commissions In
thi. important enterprise"
De Caliver has BEEN a member
of the Office Of Education staff
for 10 years. He is currently di-
rectar Of a national project for,
the education of Negroes and
has participated. in or served as
coordinator for numerous nation
al committees Of an in~ter-raciali
character for the improvement Of
Negro education.
HA has made studies in rural,
elementary, vocational, higher and
interscultural education. and has
received both national and inter
natinnal commentator for his
work. In thsssAfis3ass4
Evening star., 1949-09-25

survived for any other reason than
the greatness of his art, she wants
to know why. In the most brilliant
OF these essays. she dissects De-
foes THE Fortunate Mistress"
To her, it was simply a meeting
of misers-the thrifty hosier and
the prudent adventures. Verisi-
Multitude is not enough. She wants
complete surrender to his world
on the part of the writer.
Not only does she require purity
of execution. but purity of pur-
pose as well. Pamphleteering Is
not for the novelist. At a time
when the Soviet is attempting to
bend every creative will to the
service of the state, her thoughts
on the individualism of the artist
have particular moment. At the
same time, she says. THE condi-
tion every art requires is not so
much freedom from restriction as
freedom from adulteration Of
foreign matter: considerations
and purposes which have nothing
to do with spontaneous inven-
ton"
Katherine Mansfield and Sarah
Orne Jewett she regards highly.
She singles out The Scarlet Let
ter, "Huckleberry Finn" and Miss
JeWett's The Country of the
Pointed Firs" for immortality.
Each of these books-like Miss
Gathers own best - was rooted
deeply in the country Of the au-
thor's youth.
Miss Gathers essays are as un-
cluttered as she would have other
peoples novels. Not q sign of
the currently popular critical jar
gon. Not a mention Of "orienta-
ton"
A brief book, but a restoring
one.