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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-29

BLUFFTON, 1T SEEMS, need take
a back seat to few communities in
supporting Americas own particular
brand of socialized medicine! Social
lied medicine, that is, if you look
upon the annual March of Dimes in
the light of a sympathetic community
voluntarily chipping in" to alleviate
at least the financial burden imposed
upon the unfortunate victims of polio.
Last year the Lions club, with
out much undue hallabaloO, raised
$1,373.28 in nickles, dimes, quart
ers and dollars for the polio bat
tle". Figure it out for yourself
SO. it amounts to roughly So
cents for every man, woman, child
and infant in town and that,
we think, is not a poor showing.
The Lions hope to equal or better
this amount this year.
How much better this form of
"socialized medicine" than to have it
forced upon us in the form of taxa
ton by an expensive bureaucratic
department of government!
REMINDING US AGAIN of Tuffy
Swank's single-handed barber shop
campaign that is expected to reach in
the neighborhood of $500 this year.
Tuffy's customers seem to enjoy being
Clipped" for the extra buck just to
watch the string of dollar bills grow
along the walls of his shop. The
greenbacks, tapped end on end have
long ago reached clear around the
shop, and now many are putting out
feelers with polio dollars hanging
from the main vine."
Strangers who drop in for a
haircut wonder at the display,
and most of them who start to
ask questions wind up adding to
the string, says Tuffy.
aren't all those bills hanging from
the walls a temptation to someone to
break in at night?" we asked the
barber.
Then we learned that fluffy
takes no chances. The entire dis
play is taken down each night and
hung up the next morning. That's
a chore in itself, we think, worth
mentioning -. and an indication
that there is more hard work to
Swank's project than simply at
taching dollar by dollar to the
string.
THERE ARE NO ALPINE stocks
or tyroleon hats in the cupboards of
the Vern Walkers, and we cannot
imagine the Triplett company en-
gineer aiming to yodle at the Maple
Grove hill, but Vern has popped up
with another idea for adding tourist
color to Buttons Swiss settlement.
Why not, asksVern, provide the
village with a distinctive set of
clock chimes, that properly ampli-
fled, would be heard for a radius
say of three miles. The chimes
would sound the quarter hour in
tervals, and on the hour or at
three-hour intervals might chime
out a melody of the Swiss music
box variety.
The amplifier could be set up in the
town hall tower, up at the college, or
perhaps above the proposed museum of
Swiss heirlooms. The chimes would
work entirely automatically requir-
ing scarcely any attention and
they would surely be tourist shoppers,
properly b~allyhooed.
Perhaps they wouldn't have the ap-
pal of the Jackson, Michigan, carril-
Ion chimes, but they would soon give
Button color, the community has a
right to enjoy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-29
Mainly Personal

Incidentally, the Walkers have
a collection of several Swiss
music boxes, and Vern could rig
up a demonstration if the COM
munity is interested.
After seeing what he accomplished
in the way of improving the PA
system at Harmon Field, there are
those who will not take the sugges-
ton lightly. Swiss chimes wouldn't
require a fortune either, we are ad-
vised. Perhaps one of the service
organizations could adopt it as a pro-
ject and underwrite the cost.
AND NOW BACK TO "MR. x"
who started Mainly Personal on the
way to thinking of sociological stud
les, hence Swiss museums and now
Swiss chimes.
"The museum idea is something
that should by all means, be carried
out at once" he writes. "Much
museum material has probably already
persisted or has been deliberately
destroyed as junk. The only secure
place for such material is in a
museum, and should be collected and
saved while still available"
"But, the study of Swiss culture in
the settlement and its contributions
to the professions of medicine, nurs-
ing, the ministry, education, dentistry,
science, music, and law, to mention a
few; and also the contributions to in
dustry, business, stockbreeding, plant
culture, and such; well, these are
achievements of another order, and are
equally worthy to record. They can
not be placed in a museum and cata-
logued.
"The museum shows how a
people once lived, but it does not
contribute to ~present-day living.
II shows how far or from what
a culture came; and it may u
some to appreciate this fact, as
well as the advantages they now
Evening star., 1953-07-10
the greatest soo'"sS
on home furnishing
in our history!
THEH HEcHT co.
a
YEA II
Sal
SA
offurniiture and
hOn1e1UureS

Furniture Bedding Juvenile Furniture Lomps
Chino and Gifts Teevion Q Washing Machines Q Ranses
Curtains Sipeover and Dropey Fobrics Housewares
Mirrors and Pictures SIvewore Rugs chromed Dinetes
good The Hecht Cos gigantic oYoy Soeond
big suburban stores!
crossed the soed the high
the values they Only would do-ond carload
shpIood
don't the n on YeorySo
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-29
The SIREN Of SILVER VALLEY
BY PAUL EVAN LEHMAN
BY PAUL EVAN LEHMAN

He told her where his men were
camping and left her. He was his
old confident self again
DIANA went directly 10 the
~ lawyers once and when Sam
had locked the door behind her
she turned to him and raised her
lips. Aren't you going 70 kiss
met" she pouted.
"Sure." He kissed her, placed
q chair for her and seated himself
behind the desk. She told him
swiftly and succinctly what had
happened.
Sam scowled. The fool! Didn't
he realize that you were in no
danger?"
mo. And I'm not 50 sure OF Il
myself. Shay thinks ] gave him
a dirty deal; ! don't think he'd
be very nice TO me"
He grinned sardonically. as II
possible that you've met Q man
you can't twist around your m
ger?"
She shrugged. Il might IL ! put
my mind to il. Let's skip Shag
for the moment. JEFF ID good and
mad and all fired up with deter
mination. He says he can still
drive the STAIRS out but would
like TO have more men. He was
going to try TO talk Walt and Ben
into helping us: they were In the
burning house and might have
them to me"
Again Sam grinned. Couldn't
think Of anything better myself.
Appeal to each In turn without
the other knowing about Il.
They're both laid up and won't
meet on the battlefield. The two
crews will report to Jeff and Jeff
will have twelve more men. You
want me TO drive you out ] sup
poser"
They got q buggy and drove
out Immediately, stopping first II
the Lazy X. Cooper waited while
Diana went inside. Walt Kirk was
In his bed and his eyes frightened
at sight Of her. She seated herself
beside his bed and took one Of his
gnarled hands in both Of hers.
"You poor boy!" she purred. u
came out a. soon as ] heard what
had happened. Those dreadful
Starrsl They would have let you
burn alive!"
at wasn't the STAIRS. honey;
il was Shag Dolan.s
Her eyes went wide. "And who
do you suppose put Shag UP to 1T
Why did the stampede come right
after my men left the fencei No,
dear, II was all part Of the plan.
Shag was to seize me and burn
the buildings to take Jeff away.
They would have let you burn
and me" she shuddered slight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-29
Claims SMALLEST Title
SPOKANE, Wash. R-There's

SPOKANE, Wash. B-There's a
man here named K Ray who sees
"a flaw in other claims to the title
|of nations smallest mailman"
X Ray-that's his real name-is
IS feet 2 and weighs only 112
pounds. Charlie Burton, a 63-year-
old 11S-pounder, retired from the
postal service down in Orange,
Tex, last week and there were
claims he was the smallest letter
carrier in the country.
Ray, S.. and the father of seven
children, was born in Asheville,
IN. C. The doctor who delivered
him had the first x-ray machine
i'm town. So his parents took q
cue and named him TX Ray.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-29
Chapter Is

LIE STIFFENED under her fury.
IL Her voice was harsh, her eyes
giittered like frosted ice and she
spat the words between tight lips.
He said. @It was you. Diana. The
thought Of you being In danger
drove every bit of sense out Of my
head. Darling. don't you realize
that you mean more to me than
all the range and cattle in the
wcrld7"
She listened with that implaca-
bic GOODNESS that she could so
easily assume when she was
crossed, and he got to his feet.
I'm ready 70 quit IL you want
me TO-" he said quietly. "But II
you have some faith In me left
I'll still drive the STAIRS from the
valley. Wen need more men, for
now we've got to use sheer force.
Walt and Ben were in the house
when il was fired: both might
have been burned to death. I'm
going to them and try to get them
to throw in with US. Any debt Of
gratitude they might have owed
John Starr has been wiped out"
He looked steadily at her and
slowly the frigid features relaxed
the chill went out of her eyes, the
tight lips softened into their nat.
urally sweet bow. She sighed and
lay back on the bed and when she
spoke her voice held just the
proper tinge of apology. forgive
me, darling; but ! was oper.
wrought and I just--exploded.
didn't mean a bit Of 1t and I'm
awfully sorry. Sit down, dear"
She turned her head and lay
for moment gazing refectively
up at the ceiling. She reached her
decision and turned once more to
him. "Where are Walt and Ben
now?"
Their men took them back "a
their own spreads"
'Then / think you'd better leave
them to me. Get q buggy and
drive me out. Or, wait! Perhaps
il would be better il you didn't
20 along. They don't like you very
we'll" She smiled at him. some
how they have the crazy idea that
might be terribly interested in
you. Isn't that ridiculous7" He
was holding her hand and her fin
gers frightened about his. 'I'll see
Sam Cooper and get him to drive
me out. I'm sure / can win them
over. Wen have twelve more
men: will they be enough"
with twelve more men I'd un-
dertake to drive out the whole
standing army!"
Goods" She swung gracefully
from the bed. "Run along, dear,
and I'll hunt UP Sam. Where can
we. find your"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-29
Hal Boyle
Says

| After q big midday meal, Wilbur
tried to take a nap but couldn't
sleep. NH!
"An atom bomb could 60 off and
we wouldn't know it, he MUM
bled moodily.
"Oh, we'd hear the warning
SIRENS" said Trellis Mae. E
Just then a siren screamed and
Wilbur <leaped two feet into the
air.
cts Just the fire chief taking
his family out for a ride" said
Trellis Mae, glancing out the win
dow.
Several times Wilbur, getting
more restless by the minute, seem.
ed to hear footsteps at the apart
ment door, but nobody rang the
bell. Finally he went to the door,
Opened it, and saw a sign in his
lwife's handwriting hanging from
the knob: "Gone For the. Week
end"
After two hours of nervous pac.
ling back and forth Wilbur sudden
lily shaved, dressed, and told Trel.
Ills Mae:
'Let's 60 for a walk--Just a
short one"
He artfully steered their course
Ipast the McWhinney apartment,
then said, Lets run in see Horace
and Hortense--iust for a moment.
But you know how they are? Let's
don't get stuck there all night"
"Come in," gratefully said Hor-
ace, who was in pajamas. 1--WE
were just spending a quiet Sunday
at home"
After half an hour, Trellis Mae
began saying, 1--WE really must be
going" and Wilbur kept replying,
Eyes, yes, we really ought to. "
But he made no attempt to get up.
Well, then Hortense fixed a snack
lof fish canapes that always made
Wilbur sick. Then they got out the
cards. Then it was time to listen
to the IL p. m. news. Then some
one said, "Oh, let's look at the late
TV movie, Love Beats Lockjaw.' /"
Then Wilbur and Horace got into
an hour long argument over the
Eisenhower administration, and the
clock struck 2 q. m. when the
PEBBLES finally returned home.
Wilbur stopped off in the kitchen
for some sodium bicarb to soothe
his upset stomach, and then, as
he sagged into bed. began to
moan:
"The trouble with this civiliza-
ton Is q man can never spend Q
quiet"
"Shut up!" said Trellis Mae.
wilbur, you'll never spend a
quiet Sunday unless l sen you TO
the ZOO. They got a rule there the
animals have to 90 to bed when
L gets dark"
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SOUND SLEEPER

SACRAMENTO. Calf. N-Bit oil
10 fuss over at Jack Martins
house. Didn't seem 10 bother him
much.
Seems there was q fire In Jacks
shed. Four fire engines reared up.
Put out the fire all right, but one
of them hit an automobile. Lots Of
banging around, sirens wailing and
so on.
But when the fire chief returned
to investigate he found Jack sound
asleep. Hadn't heard darned
thing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-29

with one part Of Ms mind ana Try
ling to justify his occupation Of
Helen's fiat with another begins
10 seem an ultimate result.
And Of course Autho: Humphreys
lhas to add stlll further to his prin.
cipal characters mental confusion.
David feels he should shoulder
the burdens Of his Headmaster, .
man Of vision and integrity. II
seems the fellow Ia hampered BY
q social climbing wife, q disap.
pointing son, and q charming rogue
of q brother who 10 faeketeering
around on the Black Market. And
the author continues to add to
David's mare. He also finds him.
self tangling with two staff mem.
beers who cannot keep their LEFT Of
center activities and interests out
Of the class room, and q tradition.
ally novelist member Of the Eng.
lish nobility who heads the schools
board Of governors.
In most respects this ID not an
unsatisfactory novel. There are
some pieces Of good descriptive
writing, although this reviewer 10
conventional enough TO expect Mr..
Humphreys to be Q little more
poetic, because he Ii Welsh. The
characterization, sometimes vague.
lis memorable In one or two cases.
notably In Allenside. the Head
master. Up to . point the plot un-
folds In an interesting way, but
trails off to Q rather weak ending.
| II seems a pity though, that lack
LOT imagination and cold and clam.
Imy morality are associated with
northern England. And why must
1.-The chairman Of the board Of sov.
errors almost inevitably be stuffily
conservative and Of noble fankp
These conventional characters who
continue to appear In English nov.
els together with the outworn
theme Of the bored, wealthy, older
woman encouraging the creative
urges Of the struggling young ART.
LIST, make this novel one not 70 be
remembered very long.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-29

Few people possess the intelligence to understand
problems more than fifty miles from home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-29

HOMETOWN, U.S.A. N-Wilbu
Feeble, Americas most averag'
husband, had favorite speech o
complaint, which ran as follows:
1.-THE trouble with civilization /,
a man can't ever have a quie
Sunday. People always beating OF
your door, Or calling you up want
ing to 60 SC mewhere.
mo wonder everybody's a nerv
Gus wreck. After working hard al
weak, why can't q man just sta,
home and rest and relax on Sun
days. like they did in the Oh
|days?"
After Is years Of listening to thil
little speech, his wife, Trellis Mae
got pretty tired of 1t. She decides
to give Wilbur the kind Of old
fashioned Sabbath he yearned for
So on this particular Sunday sh,
let him sleep late, then. brough
him breakfast in bed.
"Honey, l just want you to taxi
lit easy today" she said. DON
even, bother to dress or shave. Ant
you don't have to take me 4
church. I'll go myself"
Wilbur looked up, surprised ant
grateful. He was happy to ski
church this morning because h,
knew the dynamic new pastor wa
going to cali for funds to build ,
roller skating rink to attract NOR,
Iteen-agers to his sermons.
Later, yawning luxuriously, WI
bur put on his robe, went into tn,
living room and picked up the Sun
day newspaper. He glanced at tn,
front page headlines, shuddered
and turned to the sports section
and the comics.
He was glad when Trellis Ma,
returned. He was beginning to b,
O bit bored.
"Guess I'll call up Horace Nc
Whitney, and see what's doing,
The said. "Bet he'll try to talk m,
into Q golf game"
"Dear, I had the phone turned
|on over the weekend 50 II wouldn't
annoy you," said Trellis Mae.
THAT'S nice" said Wilbur du
|biously. Wondered why it didnr
ring"
Later, when he tried to tune In
the radio television set, Trellis
Mae said II had broken down and
couldn't be fixed until the next
day.
''You won't have to bother about
that nuisance running your Sun.
day." she said gaily. ''why don't
you curl up with a good book? The,
SAY only 8 out Of 10 adult Ameri
cans read books anymore.
Wilbur pulled down a booi
called. zone Corpse To Co." reat
the last two pages and put 4
back, satisfied.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-29

w. y don't know what they'd
have done 20 me"
They wouldn't Of dared 10 hurt
you"
You don't know hove shay
hates me. He-he tried TO make
love 70 me and ] sent him about
his business
why, the dirty polecasl- grated
Walt.
~You mustn't excite yourself,
darling. ] shouldn't have told you
that. But you see now that ]
won't be safe until ] drive them
out. I must have more snen. Dear.
since cur--our understanding, I'm
sure can count On your help.
You're certainly under no ooliGa-
tons to John Starr AFTER what
aYou're DANCED right I amt!
Listen, honey; 60 out and tell Bill
Haven want 10 see him. Hes my
foreman. I'm goin' 20 order him
to take the boys and turn EN-
over 10 you
You're sweet" murmured Di-
ana. She bent over and kissed him
lightly. then got 10 her feet before
his weakened arms could seize
her. do set well quickly. won't
your"
waits eyes were shininE
You're DANCED tootin' I wilt"
So In the course Of Q very little
time. six armed men rode towards
Jeffs camp, and Sam and Diana
set out across the valley for the
80 Of Ben Dowd. And within an
hour Of their arrival six @ men,
also heavily armed. set out 10 Join
the Double d forceS leaving Ben
feeling much improved and eager
to get well again % that he could
lead q beautiful and hlushing
bride 10 the altar.
With twelve additional fighting
men Jesf felt that he had q SUM-
cient number TO completely over.
whelm the Star. He was eager to
be UP and at them: the attempt
| 20 seize Diana had smothered all
thought Of mercy. II Ruth Starr
had not actually conceived the
plan which had drawn him away
from the fence. at least she had
been q party TO il.
Tombstone said, III we're gonna
string any more fence we'll have
to get wire somewhere. Them
critters sure made q mess Of what
we had"
'There'll be no more fence
building" JEFF told them grimly.
Tomorrow morning we start %
the Lazy * fence and commence
our drive. With the men that we
have we can push the whole herd
straight up the valley and into the
hills. And II they try TO stop US
wen give 'ern . taste Of their own
medicine"
(rs BE- ssntinusa)
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KEY BOOKS
ny a. De r. cINc RAs

GUEST REVIEWS BY Penelops
Laking
(These Items Of Desire by Loui!
A. Brennan, contemporary novel
published by Random House, Isl
Madison Ave-, New York City,
Here is a throb-by-throb descrip
ton of the heart searchings O
Mildred McCardle, who for thu
sake of story conflict, Is q Graz,
mixed-up lady.
The reader finds her first on
| cliff above the Ohio river telling
Dave Barant that she won't accep'
Ibis proposal of marriage. II seem.
she is searching for the meaning
of love, and she doesn't feel h
fits the definition. However, she
has to admit parenthetically tha'
Inc does have all it takes. He Is Z
fine figure Of q man, her passion!
are stirred by his embraces, she
enjoys his companionship, his fam
| lily background is adequate, and hi
mental capacity viii also fill thu
romantic bill.
The author also assures the read
Ter that Mildred herself wasn't hid
ing behind the door when the tai
ents were dished out. She Is intel
Iligent enough to earn her own liv
ling rather than exist idly in thu
towns perfect specimen of authen
tic colonial architecture that is hel
home.
Heroine Mildred requires more
concentration from the reader thar
she deserves. The trouble seem.
to be that nobody, including Dave
has ever really loved her. In a mo
ment Of understandable irritation
he shouts about her father fixation
goes off to offer his legal services
to the towns gambling racketeer'
and leaves Mildred to explain her
family to herself.
AL McCardle, Mildred's father,
hasn't much time to give his
daughter. He has been too busy
making enough money to support
his wife in the manner which beau
|tiful, selfish and shallow womer
expect. Mildred's sister is a per
feet specimen of womanhood witt
the instincts of q viper, her broth
|er-in-law il q Greek god with
|jellyfish miId, and her nephew al
|impossibly precocious seven-year
old whose demoniacal but talentes
Excursions into art inspire him t.
draw phallic symbols on bedroom
mirrors.
The only normal person In NIL
dred's immediate circle is the
and she is normal
only by comparison with the others.
She is very secretly in love with
AL McCardle, and she loves and
cherishes Mildred. So here's pref.
ty mess, as the late Sir William
Gilbert 50 aptly put It!
Then there's a second plot, which
concerns Jessie Grimes, Mildred's
advertising executive boss, a young
woman who is Of course both beau.
Itiful and talented. She had drag.
|sed herself up by the nylons, and
lis out to make the male population
pay for what she thinks her father
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-29

did to her youth. Her methods OF
extracting her pound Of flesh are
the usual ones, but her reasoning
lis way off the beam. She always
lures respectable men into her
trap, because she has a theory
that their consciences win eventu.
ally give them hell, and tLey will
be bounded by remorse from then
ON.
Then the author has her tangle
with Jerry Perne, the gambler,
and when things become sufficient
ly complicated, Mr.. Brennan drops
them, and the reader rejoins NIL
Idred and Dave on their cliff.
Mildred, meanwhile, had been
weaving her tortuous way through
plot and sub.plot. Leaping from
one hectic love affair to another
while she analyses the members
of her family on the side In an
effort to discover why nobody
loves her, has brought the heroine
to certain conclusions for which the
reader win give three emotional
cheers. But Dave. well things
have bruised and battered him
mentally and physically. and
Mildred has to pull little edge
of-the-ciiff melodrama or she won't
live happily ever after
In this novel Mr.. Brennan has
enough ideas to furnish plots for
Ia half dozen novels, and as q re.
suit this reviewer developed an At
tack of mental Indigestion. II he
had confined himself to one plot
and was more economical In his
use Of words, and If some Of his
characters talked more like people
really talk, this could have been
"a better piece Of writing.
(Hear and Forgive by Emyr Hum
phreys, contemporary novel. pub.
lished by G. p. Putnam Publish
ing Co., 30 Madison Ave-, New
York City,
The setting Of this yarn Is q
progressive boys school In Eng.
land, and the central character
David Flint, q writer who earns
his living teaching scripture In .
purely academic manner.
David Is In the throes Of re-
spectacle love affair with Helen
Brown, a reasonably attractive and
intelligent woman with . comfort
able income and q formidable crop
Iof neuroses. The victim Of q guilt
complex she Is trying to work It
off by giving her money and time
to worthy causes. And what could
be worthier than encouraging q
struggling young novelist?
Characters In modern novels are
always trying to escape from their
background, but David also has
to escape from his conscience. He
has a North Country wife who pos
sesses Il the necessary physical
charms. but instead can rarely be-
persuaded to leave the kitchen.
Add to :. g situation David's moral
outlook which has been influenced
by youthful association with the
incorporating benches Of the
Methodist chapel variety Of re-
ligion, and his teaching scripture