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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-25

Crowning OF Queen Is Highlight
In Outdoor Campus Festivities

versus Varsity baseball games, now
played in the morning each May Day,
came in 1881, and was planned by
Coach Gig" Burcky. 1t was in the
form of baseball specialties" and in
cluded contests of batting, ball
throwing, and base running, with a
grand prize and BOBBY prize award
ed to those earning these respective
distinctions.
Another ssfirst" was in the previous
year, when the first box burial was
held. This custom has been con-
tinued every year since that time.
Shakespearean Plays
The Shakespearean plays, also ira
ditional May Day activities, have
been presented at intervals ever since
1912. However, it was not until 1882
and the years following that the
plays were given as outdoor evening
performances and thereafter became
an annual affair.
Bluffton College May Days have
not been without their humorous
elements-such as the performance
by Ruth Krehbiel's Jazz band in the
1918 festivities. The contrivances
used as instruments no doubt would
have burned Spike Jones green with
envy? Quite a bit of unexpected ex-
citement has arisen at various times,
also; for according to the June, 1926,
issue of the WITMARSUM, a near
catastrophe was averted in that year
when "the crown of daisies was al
most lost while Krehbiel Bridge was
being crossed, but was rescued by a
vigilant guard"
Rain has disturbed the regular
schedule of the celebration only three
times in the history of May Day, and
on each of these occasions, the fes-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-25

mittee include DR.. Shelly, Miss K. T.
Meyer, and James Reusser.
The response to this invitation has
been very gratifying, with over forty
former May Day celebrities already
having promised to be here for the
celebration and to participate in the
procession. The committee in charge
expects approximately fifteen to
twenty more to answer in the affirm
ative.
A number of Bluffton residents are
included in this list of former queens
and attendants. Among them are
Mrs. H. w. Berky, Miss Edna Ram
seyer, Mrs. George Linden, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Simcox, Carl Smucker,
Laurence Burkhalter, and Earl Leh-
man.
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tivities were merely postponed or
held inside.
May Days have also been of his
torical Importance to Bluffton College.
Last years May Day was the
occasion for the groundbreaking of
Buttons newest building, Founders
Hall. This year, the fortieth an
nual May Day, comedies with the
gala Fiftieth Anniversary celebra-
ton of the college. AS the college
continues to grow and expand in the
years to come, so also viii May Day
continue as one of Bluffton's oldest
and grandest traditions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-05-25
First Observed Here i'm 1910;
First Queen Crowned Four
Years Later
Rain Has Marred Celebration on
Only Three Occasions Since
1914

May Day, with all its colorful
pageantry and gayety, has long been
accepted as one of Buttons oldest
and finest traditions. In its initial
stages, however, it differed consider
ably from the May Days of the pres
ent and recent years. In the last
forty years, May Day has grown and
changed with the college, ever in
creasing in significance and popular
ity,
The first annual May Day OF
Bluffton College was held May "a
1910. At that time, Bluffton was
still known as Central Mennonite
College,
Organized as an educational May
Day, this first one consisted of ad-
dresses by prominent educational
leaders in the afternoon and an open
meeting of the Lowell Literary
Society in the evening. Friends of
the college from the community We're
invited to attend the sessions. A
special invitation was also extended
to all the schools of Allen and sur
rounding counties.
First May Day
This first May Day had several
features which are no longer a part
of May Day festivities, but it also
lacked some of the features which
have since become regular events of
each May Day celebration. 1t had
no May Queen, no winding of the
May Pole, no class program or box
burial ceremony, no Shakespearean
play to climax the occasion-in fact,
it was hardly recognizable as May
Day in comparison with the varied
activities which are now regarded as
traditional May Day features.
MAY Day was not held in connec-
tion with Commencement activities
In its early years, but was usually
held several weeks prior to the end
of school. In 1917 it was decided to
delay the May Day celebration until
Commencement week, SO that more
alumni and friends of the college
could attend. This practice has con-
tinued through the succeeding years.
Queen in 1914
1t was in 1914 that May Day made
its first important change toward
present customs, for it was in that
year-also the year that the institu-
tion's name was changed to Bluffton
College-that Miss Viola Welty
reigned as the first May Queen. Her
throne was built against the east side
of College Hall. For her entertain
ment, a--sEaap of girls sang "The
Rose Maiden" accompanied by Pearl
Bogart Mann, who is still accompany
ing college musical presentations.
The stage for the singers was To-
Gated near the present driveway, be-
tween cherry tree and the mock
orange tree which at present over
hangs the path between College and
Lincoln Halls. 1t was here, also,
that the first May Pole was wound.
For several years two May Poles
were used-a miniature one wound
by small children and the customary
pole wound by college girls.
The forerunner of the Alumni
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-23
MOVING AND HAULING

Storage Furniture Moving
Local and Long Distance Agent
Airvan Moving g. Storage
ISLAND CITY TRANSFER
Phone 166 E. V. Kinsman
jan18-30
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Anthony WeIIers
Died Saturday
a Ills Residence

Aa'tnt lTanyl Welters. Sr
a# saturday a. 5 A. NJ after
silness Tony was the
tH Ne7fn Custom House inspee.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-23
Natural Gas For
Florida. South
Didn't Materialize

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-tR,
A Power Commission hearing
here on proposed pipe lines to de-
liver natural gas to the Southeast
has been postponed indefinitely.
The order directing the hearing
to reconvene in the first weead in
February has been set aside by
presiding examiner George It.
LiddelI.
He said the hearings will re-
main on continued status, sub
ject to further commission ac-
ton.
The applications were filed
by Atlantic Gulf Gas Company
and Southern Gas Company
which proposed to build facilities
to serve Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, and South Carolina with
natural gas.
And also an application by
United Gas Pipe Line Company
which was seking authority to
build line for deliveries to At
lantic Gulf.
Still in Washington, Major
General Louis A. Pick, chief of
the Army Engineers, said the
southeast could become the
water gateway to the United
States.
He spoke informally at a lunch
con sponsored by the Southeast
ern Resources Development AS
sociation, set UP for the purpose
of mapping a unified program
for development of rivers from
the Savannah in Georgia to the
Pearl river in Mississippi.
Pick said it is pssible that with
in the next 2 years we are going
to see a great development in
the southeast; in fifty years you
won't know it.
Many projects have been auth
orized for Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi. And he
added that through their develop
.ment it would be possible for
barges to go all the way to the
Missouri basin by water.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-23
Three Die In Air
Tragedy Sunday
Al Miami Airport

MlANl Jan. 2s.-gP.-Tbre.
psfe'ns iost their lives in an air
taseiy near Sunny South Air
pni a Miami yesterday.
fwo Vlfkinians and a man from
M'eul ~em killed when two
small planes coilided and burned
*Af vtriims were listed a.
neflcs FarfRs 81 salem. Va !.
8 W Hedges ~ Roanoke. Va
80 fFed Reese. a student FLYER
inn Aisml
tM Nifeinians died in thn
Henine wreckaee ~ their Cessna
# after u collided with 4
faff Cub in which Rccsc and
~ mttartor. George Lohr. were
i'tnE tfhr walked away FINN
~ alfninz ureckage bat suffer-
ga eNfinas hufns.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-23
Truman Best
Trade Booster
For Key West
Town Prepares
For Big Rush
In February
BY HAL FoUST.

ny f1AL OO01s
Chicago Tribune Press Service
KEY WEST. Jan. Resort
operators here sing Hail to the
Chief with gusto, They ardently
indorse President Truman's policy
of taking winter vacations at this
southernmost city in the United
States. The visits are credited by
the Chamber of Commerce with
having doomed the little islands
tourist business.
Within the last year new hotels
have been built and added zoo
rooms to the city's sleeping ac-
Communications for tranSients. This
is a 10 percent increase, a sub
stantial expansion in a commune
ty of 10000 population. Harold
Laubscher, manager of the Cham
Der of Commerce, estimated that
the town can now lodge 5000 visi-
tors.
Busiest In February
There are vacancy signs today
hanging in front of most of the
motels, but Laubscher warned
that this availability of rooms
might not continue. The peak de-
mand is IN February. He said that
in the middle of February last
year there were tourists sleeping
in their automobiles and the
Chamber appealed to residents to
rent rooms during the temporary
housing emergency.
Many winter vacationists in
Florida visit Key West without
spending a night here. 1t is l56
miles from Miami, including a
spectacular 100 miles on a toll
road with bridges and causeways
from Key to Key, the Atlantic on
on side and the Gulf of Mexico
o nthe other. The round trip toll
is $3.50.
The island is only 8 square
miles in area so it does not take
long for d quick look at its bleach
ed frame buildings on streets of
flowers, shrubs, and trees collect
ed by generations of a seafaring
pOpulace from the tropical ports
of the world.
Quick Trip Around Town
The one day visitors drive into
town on Truman avenue, circle
the island on Roosevelt Boule-
ward, drive through the naval
reservation to see the warships
and rambling frame building
labeled winter White House"
They then return to a business
district distinctive for its large
number of saloons and gambling
rooms, eat turtle steak and lime
pie, and drive back to Miami.
Motels offer accommodations at
reasonable prices as Florida
prices go. We are paying 81 a
night for a small, clean room
within hearing distance of surf on
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-23
Alan Hale Dies
Hollywood

MANWfHln lsn. q -las -
H nste scfnl. Alan Hale.
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HELP wANTED-MALE

WHITE man, hard worker, good
pay. Phone 9238. jan23-3t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-23
Interesting Notes

Purslane is a weed infesting
onion fields.
Thomas jefferson rccorded
planting spinach IN his garden in
1871.
The black dealt" which swept
Europe beginning IN the iith cen
fury was plague.
The Fahrenheit scale Is named
after Gabriel Daniel FahrCnhCii.
a German physicist.
Although Il Is one Of the near
the absence Of a railroad escry
one comes by this toll highway
except the few who fly or arrive
by Yacht. The December tails 81
cars ore way. was x88s5 hs com.
pared with 1853 for. the previous
DeeerhtelA h ffHf ftt#t
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sand beach. The one expensive
hotel on the island is the Casa
Marina Hotel with rates to $33 to
$45 day per couple, including
meals. Anyone can afford the
Presidents favorite winter sport
of sun bathing-it's free on public
beaches and the sun is hot. You
can fish from causeways free. For
deep sea fishing, as the navy en-
tertains Mr., Truman, charter
boats accommodating four anglers
are available at $50 a day.
An easy count on the number
of visitors is obtained from the
toll collections on the highway. In
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-23
HELP WANTED-rEMALE

WANT a regular income? Avon
Cosmetics requires 2 mature
women for pleasant, friendly
sales work in Key West. Part or
full-time. Write street address
to Mrs. Smedley, Pc. Box 1l01.
w, Palm Beach, Fla. jan19-4t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-23

reprint From Chicago Sunday
Tribune Of Jan. Is. 1851
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
Beavers Lose To
WilberfOrce, 66-42

A speedy, sharp shooting Wilber-
force college basketball team defeat
ed Bluffton Beavers by decisive
edge, Sc to az, Monday night on the
local court.
1t was the second setback of the
season for the Mastmen, the open
ing contest of the year with Toledo
university's powerful Rockets ac-
counting for the other reversal. In
their other game, the Bluffton team
bested Ohio Northern, Sc to AZ.
In the game here Monday night,
Wilberforce held an ever-increasing
edge after breaking away from an
11-all deadlock early in the contest.
The victors had 13-point halftime
advantage.
Pacing the Beaver attack We're
Lowell Zook, freshman from Walnut
Creek, Ohio, who racked up IL
points, and Don Schmidt, first-year
student from Bluffton, who had IL
points.
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Settlement

Mr.. and Mrs. Quentin Lehman and
son Charles of Mountain Lake, Min
nesota arrived here Thursday to at
tend the funeral of Mr.. Lehman's
father. They left for their home
again Monday.
Oliver Schultz is gradually improv-
ing from his recent illness.
Elan Suter is spending number
of days at Dallas, Texas, where the
National Farm Bureau is holding its
sessions.
Gordon Ray is the name given the
baby boy who was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Roger Diller in the home of his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Omer
Gratz last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Steiner and
family are planning to leave Tues
day for haywood, California where
they are to spend Christmas and the
holidays in the home Of their daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Regehr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Schumacher,
Bertha and Noah Diller are leaving
this week for Bradenton, Florida to
spend the winter months.
Rev. and Mrs. John Thiessen of
Detroit were visitors in the home of
Rev. and Mrs, G. A. Jacobson and
Mrs. Sarah Amstutz over the week
end. Mrs. Amstutz has not been
we'll during the past few months.
Few of the farmers of this area
made another attempt at corn pick
ing this week and also some at shred
ding fields of shock corn. Progress
has been very slow during the
harvesting season. Quite large per
cent of the crop that had been pick
ed early is not in the best of condition
in the cribs due to high moisture
content.
Herbert Probst was inducted into
military service, Tuesday.
Mark Luginbihl is at present So
liciting in this area in the sale of
rock phosphate to be broadcast on
fields that show deficiency of soil
nutrients.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
College And High School Cagers To
Play Three Contests In Next Week

Bluffton basketball teams will
play three more games during the
next week before tapering off until
after the Christmas holiday season,
although only one home game will
be on the schedule for local follow
ers.
Bluffton High cagers will be idle
until Friday night of next week,
when they will play Ada on the
Bulldogs court.
In the meantime, Bluffton col
lege, after tangling with Findlay
Wednesday night of this week at
Findlay, will entertain Bethel col
lege, of Kansas, next Tuesday night
on the Bluffton court.
1t will be long layoff for the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
Pandora

Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Schultz left
for Minnesota last Friday after re-
ceiving word that the brother of Mrs.
Schultz had died.
Tuesday evening the Mary Martha
Missionary society will meet at the
home of Mrs. Charles Lemley for
their Christmas meeting. There will
be an exchange of gifts
The Lend-A-Hand Class and their
families will have potluck supper
and a Christmas program in the
church basement Tuesday evening.
The Dorcas Missionary society will
have their Christmas meeting at the
home of Nola Lehman on Tuesday
evening.
The Methodist Brotherhood of Put
nam county will meet in Columbus
Grove on Tuesday evening.
Wednesday evening the Christmas
meeting of the P. 7. A. will be held
The music department of the high
school will present a Christmas pro-
gram on Monday evening, Dec. 18th.
Also cantata will be given as part
of the program.
The w. S. C. S. will have their
Christmas meeting on Thursday even
ing, with Mrs. Geo. Mullet as de-
votional leadsr and Mrs. Geo. Stoody
as program leader. The hastesses
for the evening are Mrs. Edwin Cupp,
Mrs. Clara Light, Mrs. Aaron Hilty
and Mrs. Duff Payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quentin Lehman left
Monday for their home in Mountain
Lake, Mimi, after attending the fun
eral of Mr.. Lehman here on Thurs
day.
On Thursday evening, Dec. 81,
from 8 to II p. m. the Hiram DiIler
family will open their home for a
| Carol Sing" Everyone is welcome
to attend.
Thursday afternoon the Women's
Missionary society of the Grace Men
MONTE church will have their Christ
mas meeting and tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Steiner OF
Orrville and Miss Elizabeth Steiner
of Cleveland called on their brother
and sister-in-law Mr.. and Mrs. G.. D.
Steiner for a short time Monday
c. d. Steiner, who is i'll is still al
the Bluffton hospital, having been
there since Tuesday, August Goth
! The Steiners wish to thank the gen
eral public, relatives and friends fol-
| the many kidnesses shown to them
during the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Schumacher
Miss Helen Schumacher and Mrs
Harry Schumacher went to Ft
Wayne Sunday to hear the rendition
of the messiah" given by the Ft
Wavne Bible Institute.
Hiram Diller accompanied by John
Diehl and Earl McVey of Tiffin, went
| to Cincinnati on Friday morning to
attend a Regional Scout meeting.
This meeting included men from West
Virginia. Kentucky and Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14
Junior High FiUe
Wins TlUO Games

Bluffton Junior High basketball
team won two contests last week, de-
feating Gilboa at that place by a
score of 38 to % on Wednesday and
topping Columbus Grove, q to Fl,
here On Friday.
In the victory over Giiboa, Bluff
ton players were as follows: Molder,
Z; Ramseyer, 6; Fields, z; Lehman,
4; Mahoney, IL; Matter, 2; McCune,
P. Steiner, F. Basinger and Reich
enbach.
Against Columbus Grove, Junior
High players were Mahoney, 18;
Fields, 5; Basinger, 2; Beery, q;
r. Badertscher, Matter, Steiner,
Corson and Fisher.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14

high school five, for following Tues
days game with Delphos st. Johns
the Pirates will not get into action
again until the Ada assignment at
the end Of next week.
When Button college Beavers
buck into Findlay on the Findlay
court tonight, they viii be tangling
with an outfit which SO far boasts a
record of three wins in four starts
and is looming as one of the favor
ties in the Mid-Ohio league cham
pionship race.
In Bluffton's only loop start, the
Beavers trounced Ohio Northern uni
versity and will be fighting to pro-
tect their unblemished league record
when they meet Findlay's Oilers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14

Potato production this year IS
estimated at APT million bushels on
the smallest acreage in the last 10
years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14

Use clean, undented milk strainers
in which filter pads fit evenly and Sc
curely; do not bounce or shake
strainers while straining milk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14

Defense expenditures are likely to
be increased faster than thought
earlier. Authorities say it will pass
the $50 billion mark by next fall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-12-14

Halftime: Wilberforce So; Bluff
ton, 25. -.
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signment as an opportunity to get a
chance to see his proteges in action
against one of the top-fight teams in
this area.
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College And High School Cagers
Play Away From Home This Week

Basketball play for Bluffton teams
during the next week will find the
high school five tangling with Carey
on the Carey floor next Friday night
in their second contest of the season
and the Beavers of Bluffton college
opening their winter schedule in a
tilt with Toledo university's strong
Rockets in the Toledo field house.
Bluffton High will swing into ac-
ton against Carey with an additional
week and one-half of practice since
the Pirates turned back Spencewille
by $3.50 margin in their opener,
and Coach Red Lowry expects to have
a smoother working outfit by that
time.
For their opening contest, the
Pirates had only about one week of
regular workouts, and the team is ex-
pected to look much improved for
their start against the always strong
Carey aggregation.
Next home contest for the Pirates
is 10 days away, a game with Edger-
ton here on Saturday, December 9.
The Edgerton team, rolling along un-
defeated to date, is coached by Russ
Gratz, former Bluffton High and
Bluffton college cage star.
Bluffton college cagers will face a
formidable foe in their first assign
ment, for they will tangle with a
"big-time" Toledo university outfit in
the Monday, December A, contest at
Toledo.
The game will be the second of a
douhle-header Toledo will play on
that night, with Bluffton and Adrian,
Michigan, providing the opposition. 1t
will be the first home game of the
season for the Rockets who last year
won % games while losing only six.
In the 1949 meeting between the two
schools, Toledo won by a score of
rs to 40.
Coach Ken Mast, former Heidel-
berg all-Ohio cage star, has been hard
at work with his squad since close of
the Bluffton college football season a
week ago, and figures the Toledo as
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Ill BY Elmo Scott Watson

BY Elmo Scott Watson


IN 1921, science attempted to find
out whether man could live on
the otherwise uninhabited islands of
the Arctic. The experiment proved
more. 1t revealed to the world
the calm heroism of Ada Blackjack,
who will be remembered as the
most courageous woman of the Es-
kimo race.
Four men were landed with a
years supplies on Wrangel island,
110 miles north of Siberia in the
Arctic. Ada Blackjack went along
as seamstress, cook and servant.
One year later a relief ship was to
pick them up.
The year passed but ice foes
blocked the relief ship. Lorne
knight, one of the four men, became
i'll with scurvy. The other three left
on a trek across the ice to Siberia
to send a rescue party. No one ever
heard of them again.
Left alone with Knight, Ada
Blackjack went through eight
months more of mental torture. For
two months she nursed him. Then
he died.
The relief ship finally came. They
found her still keeping the diary
that Knight had turned over to her
when he could no longer hold
pencil.
One entry in the diary read: "God
is the only one who will brought me
home again." God did not fail the
faith and persistent courage that
enabled Ada Blackjack to face
seemingly hopeless situation with
out breaking.
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