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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-05
Settlement

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Brown and
son David visited in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Names Gerber over
the week end. Mr.. Brown preached
at the st. John church Sunday morn
ing due to the illness of the pastor,
Rev. Harder.
Herman Langs Of Tiel, Germany,
who is a student in the Lutheran
seminary in haywood, ILL.,, spent his
vacation days in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Charles and Carold,
their son, who is also a student in
| the same institution.
Mr.. Langs spoke at the Mems
Brotherhood at st. John church Fri
day evening. His message was very
much appreciated as he so vividly
made known the living conditions
of his homeland. He is to return to
his home in June.
Dwight and julius Bixel and Dav-
id Hofstetter narrowly escaped SER
ious injuries when the car in which
they were riding got out of control
and left the road to roll over into
the field of Cleland Amstutz. The
lads were taken to Bluffton hospital
| to be treated for minor injuries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Yaggy of Lam
caster, Pa, were visitors in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Moser
recently. Mrs. Yaggy is the young
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Moser of Van Nuys, Calf. Mr..
Yaggy also spent some time visiting
relatives in Ft. Wayne before re-
turning to their home.
The local Mennonite churches held
their regular annual business meet
ings on Monday afternoon and even
ing.
D. J. Basinger was stricken i'll
one day last week.
Gilbert Suter and son James were
in Ft. Wayne the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Probst and
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Shelton and
daughter of Dayton are spending
some time touring in Florida.
Ridge Bros. of Moffit Station are
doing extensive ditching on the farm
of Floyd Snavely and Howard
Howell.
The usual New Years serenading
groups visited large number of
homes in this area.
Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Augsburger
entertained at a birthday dinner
honoring Miss Susan Diller, Friday
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-05

loose in Kentucky to be seized and
returned to his owners, or to send
him back to some haven in Ohio.
Hamilton chose the latter course
but had to force his way across the
Ohio River with the boy in eluding
arrest. At New Albany, Indiana,
across the river from Louisville, he
bought a railroad ticket to Marys-
vile, Union County, Ohio, for the
boy, paying all the money he had
for it and going in debt for the
$1.25 he lacked.
When the negro boy reached Rich
wood it set the whole town in u
dither.
Mass Meeting Condemns Captain
Redwood was not large town
even % years after the Civil War 1t
had only 1,415 inhabitants and today
has but 213 more. Some persons
there approved Captains action in
sending the negro boy to the town
but others condemned it. The faction
opposed to it called a mass meeting
and resolved that "the nigger not
be allowed to stay and that he be
sent back to Kentucky and his law
full owners" They also passed a
resolution that Captain Hamilton not
be allowed to come back to Rich
wood.
The thing got into the newspapers
and spread all over Ohio. Then it
was picked up by other papers and
spread all over the country. "The
nigger in the woodpile" had become
national issue.
At various places where the 96th
camped letters from every quarter
reached Captain Hamilton, some ap-
proving and others disappearing the
course he had taken. One man
wrote that should an effort be made
to take the negro by force back to
Kentucky, many thousands of men
We're armed and waiting for the oc-
casion.
SO Redwood and the whole nation
quibbled among themselves but MOTH
ing came of it and after the war
ended H. c.. Hamilton and William
Clay were living in Redwood and
were very good friends indeed. Both
lived there to ripe old age and
through the years Billy Clay always
considered himself the unofficial and
self-constituted slave" of the white
man who had shipped him out Of
Kentucky-partly on credit. Today
both barely are memories.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-05
Norway Is A Land OF Unusual Beauty,
Bert Smucker Writes From Overseas

EDITORS NoTE: The folloaeing
letter from Nora0ay IS from
Bert Smucker, son Of Mrs. B. d.
Smucker, of South LaaVn avenue,
acho has been IN overseas relief
acork since the close of World
War III. Bert noeo is located in
Noruay as FIELD director for
CARE. Previously he tcas IN re-
lief acork for tlOo gears IN Va
emma. His address is CARE
Mission, Postboks 94S2, Oslo,
Noraray.
In Norway one doesn't hear very
much about Christopher Columbus
not because of any prejudice against
Spain-but because the Norwegians
allepe that Lew Eriksson really dis
covered America in the year 1000 at
which time the ancestors of Colum-
bus were located somewhere in the
roots of their family tree.
The story goes that Lew, a rug
ged Viking type born in the Nor
weigh colony of Iceland, went to
Norway to receive some courtly hon.
or and also to accept Christianity.
On the way back home he was
blown off of his course and wound
up somewhere on the eastern shores
of the U. S. A. Because the fields
were "self sowed' and there were
vines he called America "Vinland.'
Therefore, if Lew had made more
of a follow through on his discovery
it is possible that we would now be
the u. S. V.-the United Staes OF
Vinland-and that the school child
rem would have an easier task of re
membering the nice simple even dis
covery date of 1000 instead of 1492
Be that as it may the fact still
remains that the Norwegians hav'
inherited much of the rugged ant
adventuresome spirit of their Viking
forefathers. ~' --'.- -'.'-.
In modern times this elongated
and sparsely populated country o
100000 people has ranked righ
behind the u. S. A. and Great Bri
tain in her merchant marine. Th
all important shipping industry wa
virtually paralyzed during Worl'
War II with 500 of her fleet bein,
destroyed.
Inland the hardest hit area wa
in the very northernmost distric
known as Finnmark. Finnmarl
covers an area larger than DEM
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-05

The waters surrounding this island
are noted fishing grounds. The sight
of fishermen mending their nets, the
fishing fleets unloading their catch,
and the clamor of gulls overhead
creates the feeling that it is a New
England village instead Of an inland
spot like Ohio.
Kelley's Island is famous for It's
two State Parks: Inscription Rock
Park in which is located historical
Inscription Rock, covered with Indian
Photograph writings, discovered in
1888; and Glacial Grooves Park in
which are the famous Glacial
Grooves, considered the finest ex-
ample of glacial carvings in America.
Another sight on the island is a
large American Eagles nest, one of
the few in northern Ohio.
Each one of the Wine Islands has
cabins for vacationing or overnight
guests. Until the past year the de-
mand for cabins and hotel rooms
was so great that thousands of vaca-
TONERS failed to find accommoda-
tions. The construction of new re-
sorts has reached the point where
all visitors to the islands can be sure
of obtaining lodging.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-05
II Are Appointed
Concluded from page ~


meister, Ream, Henderson, Bader-
fischer and Gaiffe.
Municipal appointments recon-
mended by the mayor were those
for street commissioner; fire chief,
town clock caretaker, trustee for the
Maple Grove cemetery board, and
clerk of the cemetery board.
Marshall Lee Coon was re-appoint-
ed street commissioner with his
duties also including those of super
visor Of the municipal garbage col
lection program and sexton of Maple
Grove cemetery. Coon's monthly
salary is S185 as chief of police and
$75 as service supervisor.
Corson Fire Chief
Fire Chief Guy Corson was re-
appointed for two-year term at
an annual salary of 5000.
Re-appointed to the Maple Grove
cemetery board of trustees was Will
liam Edwards. Other incumbent
members of the board are John
Thompson and Samuel Bixel. Lee
Coon, as sexton, will continue to
handle sale of cemetery lots.
Edwards appointment as trustee
was for a six-year term.
Samuel Bixel was re-appointed as
cemetery board clerk for two years,
at an annual salary of S100.
Clock Caretaker
James Benroth was re-appointed
as town clock caretaker, a position
he has held since the death of his
father, who was in charge of the
clock for many years. The salary
is $50 a year.
No appointments were made to the
volunteer fire department, awaiting
a meeting of the body this week,
following which the matter of ap-
pointments will come up at the next
meeting of the council.
There also was no appointment of
a city solicitor, with the matter
deferred until the next meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-05

night. Present were: Mrs. Mary
Roethlisberger, Mrs. Levi Hauen-
stein, Mrs. Florence Lora, Mrs. Le-
vina Geiger, Mrs. Lizzie Steiner,
Mrs. Lydia Augsburger and Miss
Diller, all of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-05
az HARRY L. HAkR

EDITORS NoTE-This Is one
of series of articles to appear
in the Blufton NeVs dealing
NTH early Ohio history. Others
Will appear in forthcoming
issues.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-05

Prospective supplies of alfalfa
seed in the United States are al
percent larger than last year.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
NOTICE

Dear President:
From time to time, we have been
urging you to get Duplicate policies
for your members whenever they are
needed and yet we have quite few
presidents who viii wait until their
members are dead to find out as to
whether they have an H. B. A pol
icy. am taking this medium tc
kindly ask the presidents to make a
survey Of all Of their members and
find out as to whether they have
their policies and if the wills are
made like they want them. If the
person is dead that the policy is
Willed to, you can readily see that
this will bring about a conflict. If
there is no will you can see that this
will bring about a conflict, but if the
will on the policy is made out prop.
erly, it will save all concerned un
due trouble, Presidents, please take
this survey at your earliest conven-
fence
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15

! If travel with children is on
your summer schedule, here are a
few tips TO help make the VEN
ture easier and more pleasant.
II The trip is off to the best start
If it's planned around the family's.
regular routine. When meals,
maps and bedtimes are timed to
i"business, as usuar schedule,
Fchildren stay more even-tempered.
Nc Comfortable travelling clothes
smake for good natures, too. Seer
.Suckers watch can be freshened
without benefit of iron, soft pack
tgble rayon jerseys and cotton
limits are comfortable to travel in
end easy to care for. Some chill
sfren prefer old clothes in new
ventures such as travelling. When
that's so, the wise mother does
not insist on new and unfamiliar
outfits.
4 Food should be kept on the
simple side. Since candy newt
ably comes as the gift of a fond
relative, the family's snacks dur
sng the day had better be Of the
;ght type such as raisins, raw
carrot, dried prunes or aprlcots,
az On apple. Travel-seasoned
mothers find it handy to take
aSons box of Iohnson's Sterile
ess,s" ses',, TIE sterile. quality
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15

the Board or send it if they are not
coming?
If it Is impossible for you as Pres
lcent to z-:end tE- Boar s-d you
have a deceased member in your
lodge, please write the office let
ter identifying the person who Is
representing you It is quite em-
barassing for a beneficiary to come
to the Board to make a collection
on a deceased member ana the Pres
ident is not present to identify said
beneficiary President please think
on these things,
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
The General President
Speaks

Important Notice to Presidents:
am kindly asking that you please
make your report to the General
Secretary on or before the date de-
signated by the Executive Board so
that she will not have to write you
over and over again.
She has reported to me that she
has written some Of the presidents
as much as three and four letters
about their reports not reaching the
office on or before the date desig-
mated
Presidents, right is right and NJ
you like right, you will straighten
up and do right and the General
President will not have to impose a
fine on you as the law requires.
Rev. E. B. Blackman, Gen. Pres.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15

Falls lead the list of home acct
dents, and large number of such
falls that result in death, or in
temporary or permanent disability,
take place on stairs. Leaving OBJ
jects on the stairs to be carried up
cor down, and inadequate lighting
are major causes of stairway
,tumbles. Rli
z Leaving objects on the stairs is
pernici0us haDlt mat snoulu DC
taboo in every home. The tripper-
over-toys or cleaning materiall
left at the top or bottom Of thu
stairs is fortunate if he suffers
nothing worse than skinned
elbow that can be taken care Of
with a touch Of ant,sel'c q al
adhesive bandage, lie. enc Of thosA
ready-to-use dress'1 gs the has Tie
.gau2e pad already shrec O. q 9
adhesive tape. He IS iust Is ely
to end up with a broSen arm o.. les,
Stairways should have doIo.,-
action switches of the toy aud
bottom so that the light can .r
turned on before sta ting up a.
down. and turned 81 sf,C war
7 Again il is only good Iur!, if aa,i-
septic and a ready, made adhesive
! bandaRe are all tina! are canea f,r,
Jas the result of g fab on 59d:Y
lighted stairs.
! Few such accidents hsNe eYeo
the grim element of hume. pro.
vidcd by the mBurance clc'mank
who reported that, believing nc had
reached the botton! Of dark base-
merit stairs, he rais-d his head ai,j
struck a refter. Thinking he haI
been ATTACHED bY an intl-Aar "a
struck cut with his sajz. hitting Il.
p0si AVID ing e"Ve,al 5Cn-s a.
hlr r.etf .a.d-
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15

makes them safe for wipinp
around a child's mouth. Moistene'E
with water, these convention :.
gauze squares serve as handy,
disposable washcloths for sticky.
hands and faces. y
Car travellers win find that q
shoe bag attached to the back GO
the front seat makes a gcot'
stowaway place for small tier a,
like maps, sunglasses and a fe N
toys for the youngsters. For o
long trip, several surprises mig 7
be included--an envelope of Pc,
lures of the people the youngstfrt
is about to visit (mother can t, x
him stories about them) or ~
envelope of paper dolls Wit
clothes all cut out. Children alss
enjoy a trip map, drawn so tha>l
they can mark off the major citiez
as they pass. A clock with NOR
able hands, or spaces to be colore D.
in with crayon also helps whiiI
away the hours.
Frequent stops are important
too, for leg-stretching. Chilac
are happier if they can
around a bit during these pause,
Contented younrstcrs mea !
happy trips for the whole famil. >
and it's worth planning ahead &c -
tbat
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
Notice 70 Presidents

Please keep a few Duplicate and
Application Blanks on hand at all
times fer the use of the local lodge.
These blaaks are free to you for the
asking.
We do not mail cut Death Ger
tificates to Presidents, unless they
have a deceased member in their
lodge.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
49, M~A--~o
~ AAs fsas zESC
s-r al,
10 Pres denis

Presidents are urged not to send
cash money in an open letter unless
the letter is registered We have
too many letters to get lost in tran
sit and for your protection as well
as that of the offices we are asking
that you refrain from sending cash
money in an open letter.
File your post office Ca Postal
Note receipt as you never can tell
when you will need it.
Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
H B. A. Ciiice TO BE
Closed AT Noon On
Wednesdays

The office Of the Holbrook Benev-
olent Association will be closed OF
Wednesdays at 1900 o'clock, begin
ming April Goth.
This half day viii give the office
force a chance to get a little recrea-
ton and to do something for them
selves. Please govern yourselves ac-
cordingly.
Matte L. Larkin, Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15

We have been having some pres
idents to mail in their report blank
from time to time to take the money
order lee, etc, out of their dues and
Death Claims that they send to the
office for their lodge. This Fee is
not to come out Of your dues and
death claims. Those who have been
doing this, please govern yourselves
accordingly.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
Notice 10 Presidents

Do you have deceased member
in your lodge?
H ave you ever filled out the
Death Certificate and mailed il to
the office?
Have you informed the beneficiary
of the deceased that thi: claim wiz
be paid in the o~r Board2
Do you need form NI222 for your
deceased member?
Have you notified the beneficiary
that they are to bring the policy to
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15

=, According to recent survey,
about ~ per cent Of all home acci-
dents are caused by disorder in and
about the home. No better start
.IoWara eliminating TINS cause Of
home accidents can be made than
by clearing up the yard, for, par
ticularly during the warm weather
months, the ward is the locale Of
MANY accidents
You'll be sorry YOU allowed
rake to be left living in the GRASS :
YOU STEP Oh L some evening. 81
touch of antisentjc and an adnesivo-
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
PRINTING WANTED
Dear Presidents.

Dear Presidents:
am writing you this open letter
soliciting your printing. I am man.
agef OF The Goodwill Printing Com
pany and will appreciate your bust.
ness.
wish to express MY appreciation
to those Of you who have been send
ing me your work recently and
am thanking you in advance for your
printing in the future
Mss Lslian T. Larkin.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
$500 Echo and Pub
liCaiion Fee


AS you know, down through the
years the lodges have been report
ing their $3.50 Echo and Publication
fee ia the September Quarter Of each
year. Now, that we have come a.
round to the September Board, l
am kindly asking that YOU please
include your $500 Echo and Publ
cation fee with your report.
The $500 Echo and Publication fee
helps to complement the cost of our
official organ, the Echo ~ orc
trusting that it viii not be necessary
to return any presidents reports be-
cause they failed 10 include their
Echo and Publication feel.
Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
JOINING FEE

The joining fee for new members
is $1OO per applicant. The presi-
dent will forward soc to the office
and keep soc.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15
E-,iISyILLE NEWS
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor
This comes to let the many read
ers of the Echo know that Lodge
No. 7 lost one of its faithful mem
bers in the person of Mr.. Pet Evans.
He departed this life September 9th.
He leaves to mourn his passing, a
wife, five daughters, l one, host of
relatives and friends. He has been
a member of this Lodge since 1889
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-09-15

CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB

A Christmas Savings Club Cam
paign has been launched to end in
the December Board, 1850. Presi-
dents will be given soc for each new
member or each renewal from the
March Board back, plus interest on
all members added over 10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-25

Christian churches of all de-
nominations in Japan totaled
2,8D3 in 1949.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-25
RCBoard OF
Directors
Hold Meeting,

The regular quarterly meeting
CT the board of directors and ser
vice chairmen of the Monroe
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross was held this after
noon at the South Beach Patio
Restaurant
A delicious luncheon was en-
ioyed by the group prior to the
business meeting. An amend
ipent to the bylaws, changing
the annual meeting from Deem
Der ], to June /, was passed and
voted to be effective Immediate
"
Guest speaker was William
King, Red Cross field director
for the Veterans Administration
for the Miami area, King stressed
the fact that Red Cross workers
should no. slack up their efforts
during the present drive for
funds.
! AIRS. Garcia Nettles, Executive
Secretary of the local chapter an
nonnced that a Clean Up Day"
Tor the current drive would be eff
feeted on May /. and that pros
poets for reaching the quota are
highly encouraging
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-25
MAY CALL OFF STRIKE

NEW YORK.-A union leader
said today there is a possibility
that the Go Communications
workers Union may delay its ma
tionwide strike, now set for 6 a.
m. Tomorrow, local time. The Of
ficiaI who made the statement
holds an important place in
union councils, but he would not
permit himself to be identified.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-25
United Jewish
Appeal Drive
Starts Sunday

The United Jewish Appeal
fund raising drive in Key West
will formally open Sunday night,
April 30th. with a banquet TO be
given at PM. in the Trade
winds restaurant. corner Duval
and Caroline Streets.
This drive Is in connectioa
with the National u. ]. A. Fund
raising campaign for two hun
dred seventy million dollars,
said Joe Pearlman, General
Chairman of the local drive.
The Finance committee con-
sisting of DR., Herman X. Moore,
Chas. Aronovitz, Sam Silver
man, Gladys Mulberg, lily Alt
man, Milton Appel and Isadore
Weintraub are very optimistic
and predict that the local quota
will be oversubscribed, as it has
been in the past several years
here.
The principle speaker of he
evening will be Rabbi. Leon
Kronish of Temple Beth Sholom.
the Liberal congregation of
Miami Beach.
Rabbi Kronish visited Israel
last year as part of delegation
of three from greater Miami, and
has since then travelled extern
sively throughout the South
east on behalf of the United Jew
ish Appeal.
Bill Ulman, Southeastern rep
resentative and other speakers
will tell of the great need for
funds to help rehabilitate and re-
establish in the new state of Is
real the hundreds of thousands
of refugees who flocked there in
search Of a haven of refuge.
Those who wish to contribute
TO this worthy cause may cons
tact Joe Pearlman, Genera /
Chairman, DIR. Herman K.
Moore, Finance Committee Chair
man, or any of the above men
toned Committee members.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-25
Will Decorate
City For uSWV
IEncampment

George Spencer, past depart
ment commander of the United
Spanish War veterans, stated to-
day that the Finch decorating
company of Fort Lauderdale
would be in the city the first
week in May to decorate the
city for the forthcoming State
encampment of the USWV.
This is the first time in the
history of the USWV that a state
convention has ever been held
in Key West. 1t will be held here
from May IA to IL,
Spencer estimates that some
400 veterans and their families
will make the trip to the Island
City. Eugene GiIotte of Pensaco-
la is commander of the USWV.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-25
James Cornell
Dies OF Heart
Attack Today
P Wirephoto

James F., Cornell, an elderly
negro, was stricken with heart
attack in the main corridor of the
County Court House at noon to-
day, He was rushed to the Mon
roe County Hospital in a Lopez
Funeral Home ambulance. Cor
nell was pronounced dead upon
arrival at the hospital.
Cornell is survived by. his
wife, Blanche, of ITO Chapman's
lane, Key West and a daughter,
Naomi Carr, of Miami.
The Key West undertaking
company is handling funeral ar
rangements