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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-09
Rites Today for
Mrs. B. r. Shafer

Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 200 pm.
in the Miles funeral home, Find
lay, for Mrs. Nellie Shafer, who
died early Tuesday morning in
a Gallipolis hospital of a coro-
nary thrombosis.
Born September 19, 1906 in
Findlay, she was married to
Bennie R. Shafer on July 6, 1925.
He survives along with two
daughters, Mrs. Mary Lou Depp-
Ter, Findlay and Mrs. Carolyn
Martin, Columbus; four sisters,
Mrs. w. E. Love, Findlay, Mrs.
D. M. Strait, Findlay, Mrs. Nyal
Witham, st. Petersburg, Fla,
and Mrs. c. V. Kuhn, Bluffton;
and three grandsons.
She was a member of the
Bluffton First Methodist church
and the Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the church.
She was also a member of st.
Paul Methodist church in PIT.
Pleasant, w. Va, where the
family had lived since moving
from Bluffton in 1855.
She was a member of Blufftor
chapter $50, Order of the Eastern
Star. The chapter conducted
Eastern Star rites at the funeral
home on Wednesday evening.
The Rev. James Heininger of.
ficiated at funeral services with
burial in Maple Grove cemetery
FindlaV.
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THE UNITED
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCI

REOb LlINA<AAN SA1 A1OhSu
William J. Hannum, Minister
Thursday, July 8:
$3.50 a. m. Women's Prayer
Group
500 p. m. July Session meet
ing
Sunday, July IL:
$3.50 a. m. Unified Church
School and Divine Worship serv-
ice. Theme: Onward, Christian
Soldiers"
Thursday, July 16:
$3.50 a. m. Women's Prayer
Group
500 p. m: Annual UPW
Family Picnic on the lawn at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Linden.
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Pleasant Hill

MYF will meet at the Wins
ton Jennings home Sunday eve
ming, July 13 for a wiener roast.
Bring your own wieners.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Kindle and
children and John Galinger were
Sunday evening callers in the
Gleason home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmer-
man and family were Sunday
evening guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cecil Hartman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard TheiS
and family were Sunday supper
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman
Barnes in honor of Sandra Theis'
seventh birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Schaub spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyman Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Welty
spent Wednesday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes.
Robin, Reed and Randy Gratz
were Saturday overnight guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Vandemark
of Lima were Saturday and Sun
day guests of Mrs. Pearl Huber.
Mrs. Carl Fett, Mrs. Goldie
Fett and Mrs. Eta Griffin called
Saturday afternoon on Miss Mel.
lie Huber and Mrs. Lille Fett
Weekend callers in the Leon.
ard Theis home were Mr.. anC
Mrs. Charles Theis and daugh.
ter Charlotte, Rev. Oscar Bur
dette, Mr.. and Mrs. Lymar
Barnes, Mrs. Edgar Brown
daughters Brenda and Marlene
and son Steven, Mrs. Grace An
drews, Mrs. Richard Ackermar
and son Bobby and Jon and Jar
Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmer
man and family were at Schoon
over park Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Huber
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Dale
Huber and family for supper il
honor of Mrs. Russell Huber!
birthday.
Mrs. Pearl Huber and Mrs
Ellis Vandemark called Saturda,
evening on Mr.. and Mrs. Laure
Reams of Lima.
WSCS of Pleasant Hill churcl
meets this evening with Mrs
Edna Earnest.
The Sunday school picnic vii
be held at Ada park, July II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond STRAIT
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralpl
| Woodhead spent Sunday in Lake
side visiting Mrs. ]. J. Suffer.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Maynard
Sandra and Edith Conley of Col
umbus and Mr.. and Mrs. Car
Wallace, Roger and Tracy @
Perrysburg were guests of MI
and Mrs. Dale Huber and fam
lily Sunday. Susan is home afte
spending two weeks in Colorado
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Hube
: and their weekend guests, Nj
: and Mrs. Russell Clements of d,
troit, Mich. attended the funer;
of their cousin, Mrs. Minnie Ga
liant at Lima, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berdell Hube
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Youth Stricken
With Meningitis

Richard Reichenbach, a Blufff-
ton high school senior, was
stricken last week with spinal
meningitis and is seriously i'll at
Lima Memorial hospital. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses
Reichenbach, and is employed at
Steinman Bros. Lumber Com
pany during the summer.
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RaWsOn Church
Women Name
Committees

Committees for planning social
activities and other parts of the
program of the Rawson EUB
church during the coming year
were named at a recent meeting.
The committees are:
Finance-Mrs. Margaret Com
er, Mrs. Velma Beagle, Mrs.
Harry Blymyer, Mrs. C. r. Bow
ersox, Mrs. Gertie Fox, and
Mrs. Flo Frantz.
Social Committees - January:
Mrs. Harry Blymyer, Mrs.
Pearl Burket, Mrs. Vincent
Mann, Mrs. Harley Smith, Mrs.
Ralph Huss, and Mrs. Ethel
Walter.
February: Mrs. r. c. Ketzen.
barger, Mrs. Flo Frantz, Mrs.
Frank Dever, Mrs. Norman Ba.
ker, Mrs. Zola Gibbs, Mrs. Car.
rie McClelland, Mrs. o. E. Beuc.
Ter.
March: Mrs. Ed Powell, Mrs
Merritt Miller, Mrs. Ernest Zuer,
cher, Mrs Tom Fox, Mrs. Kelly
McClelland, Mrs. Frank Hart
man, and Clara McClish.
April: Mrs. Margaret Conner
Mrs. Chloe Simmona, Mrs. Rose
HellerS, Mrs. Lester Dorman
Mrs. Nose Deeds, and Mrs
Bertha Myers.
May: Mrs. Paul Latham, Mrs
Velma Beagle, Mrs. Dale Zeis
loft, Mrs. Tom Latham, Mrs
Ada Folk, Mrs. T. H. Weisen
born, and Mrs. George Cogley.
June. Helen Benner, Mrs
Charles Cookson, Mrs. Merritt
Reichley, Mrs. Eddie Romick
Mrs. Marvin Welch, and Mrs
Ola Brenner.
July: Mrs. T. V. Clymer, Mrs
Russell Neighswander, Mrs. Johl
Tracy, Mrs. Marvin Wolford
Mrs. o. w. Benner, and Mrs
Dora Long.
August: Mrs. c. H. Benner
Mrs. Bracy Crawfis, Mrs. Ray
mond Hamilton, Ruth Yucken
berg, Mrs. Jemima Hartman
and Mrs. Verna Longsworth.
September: Mrs. C. r. Bower
sox, Mrs. w. E. Diller, Mrs. Ray
mond Lehman, Mrs. Marshal
Beagle, Jr., Mrs. Maggie Poe
and Mrs. Olive Crozier.
October: Mrs. Gertie Fox, Mrs
Daisy Pifer, Mrs. Emmitt Baker
Mrs. Don Thompson, Mrs. Eal
Hoch, Mrs. Bruce Thomas, an
Mrs. Howard Williamson.
November: Mrs. Clair Withrov
; Mrs. Luther Romick, Mrs. Do
p Latham, Mrs. Gerald Essingei
Mrs. Frank Walter, Mrs. Ma
jorie Thomas.
December: Mrs. c. M. Haus,
Mrs. Percy Westall, Mrs. Myrtl
Hughes, Mrs. Don Grose, Mr.
Ed Hardwick, and Mrs. Mill
Wonder.
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LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office of the
Clerk of the Village of Bluffton, Ohio,
until l2'0o noon on the 4th day of
August for the purchase or lease of the
following described real estate:
Being tract Of land in the North
west Il of Section eI2 Rluffton.
Ohio. and being further described as
follows Beginning at a point in the
South line of Harmon Street Water
street,, this point being 70.SO feet
Northeast of the intersection of the
centerline of Poplar Street ex-
tended and the South lire of Har-
mon Street thence North as de-
grces 90 minutes East along the
south line Of Harmon Street for
l5l.O5 feet thence South as degrees
lb'h minutes East for ll4.lS feet
thence South 81 degrees ass minutes
West for l5l.l2 feet thence North
Is degrees l2 minutes West for l44,-
- feet 20 the place of beginning.
Said premises subject to the follow.
ing described easement for water
hne; being an easement "a feet
wide along the enSre northwest side
OF the property and an easement
10 feet wide along the entire south.
west side Of the property.
All bearings referred To the South
line Of Harmon Street as being
north 45 degrees 90 minutes East.
property contains in all 0.h0l acres.
Said proberty should be sold and con-
Veyed or leased to the highest bidder by
broper instrument rs shall be determined
upon opening OF the bids and upon the
following terms;
~ sold One Thousant and 00/Io0
Dollars tSl.oOo::ool caah upon acceptance
OF the bid and the balance of the said
bid within sixty t60) days on, upon delivery
o. the deed at the request of the said
bidder prior 10 the expiration OF the said
sixty t6O) days, and provided further
that Possession Of the said premises need
not I've surrendered by the said Village
prior 10 August 4, 1860.
II leased. payment Of the rental there
lore shall be made in monthly INSTALL
ments equSling one-twelfth uH2) of
the total annual bid as submitted. and
provided further that the said lease may
De Tor a term of up 20 a period of five
yeaIs from the date Of March q 1860,
Aucn Gate heing the expiration date OF
the now existing lease.
further provided that the prem
lses 10 be leased shall not include any
portion of the hereinbefore described real
estate now being occupied or used by the
s"iS NliiHge Tor any municipal function.
| Inc attention Of all bidders Is directed
TO the location Of certain facilities rels-
] i've To the production and distribution
| on water TO the Sld Village located close
adjacent To the said real estate. and
are warned against interference there
| WIN IN the use Of the premises
BIDS submitted in response to the legal
notice must stimulate as to whether thsy
are Tor purchase or lease and IL for
lease shall specify that portion Of he
building and/or real estate desired by
the prospective leGsee, The rirh, IS re-, re-
served TO reject any and all bids.
! David L. Riser MAYOR
a. =. b. Loacs7crf
| Clerk OF the V:llsre Of iffton.
Public Affairs Vi
| laro @t Jaly 9 O. lg. %
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$50 p. m. Family picnic at the
church lawn for all members of
the church. Dinner will be follow
ed by Hymn Sing.
Thursday (next):
1000 a. m. Opening tour of
the Upper Sandusky Home for
the Aged on Visitation Day. Din
ner will be followed by the pro-
gram at 1870 D. m.
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Ohio Retail
Sales Continue
Upward Swing

Ohio retail sales for May con-
tinued on a rising trend accord
ing to the current issue of The
Ohio Retail Annalist," published
by the Bureau of Business Re
search at Ohio State university.
The May sales gain of three per
cent was less than expected on
a seasonal basis, but April 1853
volume was extraordinarily high,
the Annalist indicated.
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BEAVERDAM METHODIST
CHARGE
Annn. w ~. -

oscar W. Burdette, Minister
ROckpOrt:
Morning Worship 9:30 a. m.
Holy Communion will be served.
Church School 10:30 a. m.
Beaverdam:
Church School 9:30 a. m.
Morning Worship 1O:45 a. m.
Pleasant Hill:
Church School $3.50 a m.
NJ. Y. F. at Winston Jennings
ut 6:30 p I'M.
"ln fishing for men there is
no closed season."
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UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
Evangelical and Reformed
William +. Won Brauchitsch,
Minister

uINA6ANA
ST. Johns
college Ave. & Jackson:
Sunday:
9:3O a. m. Divine Worship
10:30 a. m. Church School,
Wade Huber, Supt.
1900 "A. m. Girls Missionary
Circle will leave church for the
TT. Wayne Children's Home.
Thursday (next):
1000 "A IN. Opening tour of the
Upper Sandusky Home for the
Aged on Visitation Day. Dinner
will be followed by the program
at 1880 p. m.
Emmanuel phillips at Rt. 25)
Sunday:
9:30 n. M. Sunday Church
School, Larry Creeger, Supt.
10:45 a. m. Divine Worship
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and family are spending ten days
at Ormond Beach, Fla, and at
tending a reunion of the Both
Division and visiting a buddy at
Ocala, Florida.
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BLUFFTON-BEAVERDAM
DAPICu. CHITRCu 0E CHRIST

BLUFFTUN-bEAN EhUAM
PARISH: CHURCH OF CHRIST
Paul McComber, Minister
Button:
Bible School $3.50 a. m.
Worship Service 1920 a. m.
Sermon topic: "Seek Ye the
Lord"
Beaverdam:
Bible School $3.50 a. m.
Communion Service 10:30 a. m.
Youth Meeting 1880 p. m.
Thursday:
Choir practice 300 p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-09

Holy Day Masses at 8:15 a. m.
and 5 p. m.
Low Masses on Sundays 8 and
10 a. m.
Catechism 900 to 10:30 Satur-
day.
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BETHEL CHURCH OF CHRIST
Leland QUAY, Minister

Bible School $3.50 a. m. Ellis
Cardwell, Supt.
Morning Worship 10:30 a. m.
Bethel Workers of Christ
(Youth) $50 p m.
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ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC
CHURCH

Rev. Clarence Yeager, Pastor
Corner Of Elm and Lawn Ave. }
ST. Anthony's Parish. Col. Grove
Rev. John T. Hiltz,
Assistant Pastor
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THE BLUFFTON
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
James Heininger, Pastor

NS ANHSSiJ dStOI
Thursday, July 8:
500 p. m. The Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service will
meet at the church.
Sunday, July IL:
500 a. m. Early service of
Worship. Sermon topic: "For
This Is Certain, John 6:27. Gail
Benroth will give a report of the
1859 Lima District Institute.
900 a. m. Church School, Don
Augsburger, Supt.
1000 a. m. Worship service.
Sermon topic: "For This Is Ger
tain, John 6:27. Terry Marshall
will report on the 1859 Lima Dis
trict Institute. Miss Ann Stauffer
will present the special music.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-07-09

THE HOUGHTON-SULKY Com
pany, Marion. Ohio Claims
TO be the worlds largest manu-
facturer of racing sulkies.
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EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev. Wayne o. Kantner DID,,

Sunday School $3.50 a. m. jam
es Stratton, Supt.
Worship service 1870 a. m.
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In The
Churches
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SOCIETY
Sunday School at $3.50 a. m.
Sunday service at 1890 a. m.
Wednesday evening service
which includes testimonies of
gratitude and healing are at i7:30
p. m.
Reading Room is open from
200 p. m. to 400 p IN. each
Wednesday.
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
Church and Jackson
Jacob T. Friesen, Pastor
Saturday:
1870 p. m. Junior Choir re-
hearsal
Sunday:
$50 a. m. Sunday School
1890 a. m. Morning Worship
Tuesday:
7:15-S:45 p. m. Boy Scouts
The Sidney herald., 1959-03-04
HOmemakerS
Column

Time stretches out like a great
desert for the patient who must
spend a long convalescene in bed.
Here are a few suggestions to
help pass the time.
Try a surprise box for your
young children. They especially
love surprises. Arrange a surprise
box or grab bag with simple little
presents wrapped up In gay pack
ages. Let them look forward to
choosing a gift once or twice a
day; a brightly wrapped bonbon,
crayons - each color wrapped
separately, a fancy cookie, a pic
ture postcard, a paper fan, a pic
ture book, a gumdrop man, color
ed paper or a party hat is endless
fun.
For old and young alike, start
a sweet potato vine. A sweet pot
alto partly immersed in water
will sprout a leafy vine and if
you put in a glass jar, the roots
may be watched as they grow as
as well as the buds. A piece of an
ordinary white potato with two
or three eyes will grew if planted
about three inches deep in a
flower pot.
Watching the progress of gar
dens grown from grapefruit or
orange pits, radish OF pumpkin
seeds, gives the patient something
to look forward to each day.
The seeds should be soaked over
night before planting them and
then they should be covered with
one-fourth inch of soil. Keep a
patient happy and interested and
he'll get well sooner.
SEWING TIPS
Here are a few reminders to
make sewing easier and faster.
If you're sewing with synthetic
fabrics, change the machine ne-
edle frequently. These fibers are
tough and dull the needle.
Always fasten the loose ends
Of thread to a spool with small
piece of masking tape. This saves
wasted minutes untangling the
thread box. When sewing by
hand, use a short length of thread
(about twenty inches) to prevent
tangling. Don't use a double
thread, check yardage on the
spools of thread before you buy.
You'll need two spools of 125
yards each for a plain dress. Buy
an extra spool if the pattern has
many details.
When stitching corners of COL
lars or pockets for turning, shor-
ten the stitch, using about twenty
stitches to an inch. Corners can
then be clipped closely for a
smooth, flat finish when turned.
The Sidney herald., 1959-03-04

Many conservation practices de-
signed to help ranchers improve
their rangeland r included ir
this years Agricultural Conserv-
alton program, Leo S. Kolstad
State Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation administrative
officer, pointed out this week.
These range practices, Kolstac
explained, are a major part Of the
overall AC program which offers
Federal cost-sharing for the COM
pletion of needed soil and water
conserving practices on farms and
ranches. County ACS offices are
now accepting requests from pro-
ducers for cost-sharing. All per-
sons planning conservation work
are urged to file requests before
March 2 when the initial request
period will end in Richland Coun-
ty.
To conserve and improve range
lands, such practices r offered
as deferred grazing, reseeding, OF
depleted ranges, controlling COM
petitive shrubs, fencing for bet
ter livestock distribution and
water developments.
Deferred grazing between May
/ and September l will improve
many pastures normally grazed
during the spring and summer
months, Kolstad explained. This
allows the plants to reseed the
area and to put food reserves in
their root system to get a start
the following year. Deferring
grazing on pastures for two years
in a row is also helpful since in the
End year young seedlings have
an opportunity to establish them
selves, while mature plants again
reseed.
Ranchers carrying out deferred
grazing are urged to avoid over
grazing other pastures in their
units. They may use such alter
natives as renting additional land,
using irrigated pastures, grazing
small grains or decreasing to
avoid damaging other pastures.
While deferred grazing will
often adequately reseed a pasture,
reseeding is often necessary where
a range has lost its desirable ma
tive vegetation through cultivation
drouth or overgrazing. The plant
ing of recommended grasses will
permit earlier grazing increases
forage production and protect the
land from wind and water arosion.
Controlling competitive shrubs,
especially big sagebrush, has i'm
proved vegetative cover on many
ranges, Kolstad continued. This
has also resulted in an increase in
the desirable plants, providing
there was proper grazing manage
ment after the big sagebrush was
controlled. Control includes letting
those desirable grass plants re-
establish themselves through de-
ferred grazing from May through
August for two years. !.
Cross-fencing and developing OF
wells, springs, and reservoirs pro-
perly located to bring about better
The Sidney herald., 1959-03-04
"PREDAT0RS OF GAME"

This is the third Of a series
Of articles that are being publish
ed in the Sidney Herald from the
Montana Fish and Game Depart
ment.
Many times predators are
blamed for decreased game pop
ulations. Let's take a closer look
at this seemingly obvious cause
and-effect relationship. Preda-
tors are opportunists; that Is,
they will eat what Is most readily
available. Obviously, the food
that is most plentiful will most
often appear in the ~predator's
diet. For instance, a tally Of fox
foods made right after Cor during)
deer hunting season would reveal
that foxes were eating great
quantities of deer meat. MORALLY
wounded deer often get away
from hunters to die later without
being recovered. Foxes and other
predatory animals will eat this
carrion, but the presence of deer
meat in their stomachs does not
mean the fox killed the deer.
Certainly no one would assume a
10 ID. fox could kill a 100 ID.
deer. But the principle is still the
same with the substitution of
rabbits, pheasants, partridge and
grouse for deer. Just because these
foods are found around fox dens,
and in fox's stomachs does not
mean the fox killed what he ate.
1t only means he ate what was
available. Certainly a fox will
kill a pheasant or other bird as
the occasion presents itself, but
this probation is usually not a
serious threat to bird populations.
Extensive research and investi-
CATION has been done to determine
the effects of predators on game
populations. With very few ex-
ceptions, game species fluctuate
independently of predator num-
bers. The following experiment
will illustrate this point.
Pelees Hands, Ontario is a verit-
able pheasant paradise. There
wer no foxes on the island, but
the pheasant population exhibited
the same large increase and then
the same sudden CRASH, or de-
crease in numbers as did the
pheasants on the mainland where
foxes we're plentiful. 1t can not
be said that the fox caused the
decline in pheasant numbers, or
else the population of pheasants
on the island would have re-
manned at a relatively high level
as compared to those on the main
land.
Here in Montana's Hi-Line
country fox have been blamed
for decreased pheasant, partridge
and grouse numbers. Actually, the
condition of habitat effects their
numbers far more than the fox
does. If this were not so, there
should be fewer bird numbers
each year, as the fox is certainly
plentiful in several areas. Census
figures both before and after
hunting seasons do not substanti-
ate this belief.
Game birds produce more young
in the spring than can possibly
survive through to the next year.
That leaves a surplus. The hun
The Sidney herald., 1959-03-04
POST POST OFFICE
CORNER
ny
X. q. CARPENTER,
Postmaster

The Postal Service, which SC
many of our citizens take fol
granted today, is truly n OF
mankind's hardest-won and most
beneficial accomplishments.
Our Post Office Department
serves the universal need of all
Americans for an efficient and
trustworthy interchange of mes
sages at economical costs which
everyone can afford to pay.
The Post Office helps might
lily in giving substance to the
American ideal of freedom of
expression. This right of men to
speak freely, it should be noted,
is not primarily an oral matter;
to be meaningful it must be
freely translated into letters,
books, newspapers, magazines,
and all other printed matter. And
then, by the safest and speediest
way, these written ideas must
reach those who must know and
understand if they r to defend
the liberties we cherish SO dearly,
including an uncensored postal
service.
This right which we enjoy to
communicate freely with one an
other to express u ideas
without fear of censorship - Is
a priceless heritage of free men
and a distinguishing characteris-
tic of our American way of life.
Truly, the sanctity of the mails
is a basic freedom without which
all other freedoms would be in
jeopardy.
While letter writing dates back
to the 1000 year old clay tab
lets of Babylon, the first record
Of any system for transmitting
written messages was made in
the fifth century B. c. by Herod-
otus, a Greek historian, who wrote
of men on horseback, carrying
messages written on bronze tab
lets.
His vivid description of these
early letter carriers inspired his
words now chiseled over the main
entrance of the New York City
Post Office which exemplify the
spirit of the Postal Service:
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat,
nor gloom of night stays these
couriers from the swift COM
pletion of their appointed
rounds"
A teen-age girl and boy step
ped up to the window at the
Machiasport, Maine post office.
The girl requested a 7-cent air.
mail stamp for a letter to her
boyfriend stationed with the
armed forces overseas. The boy
was mailing a letter for his
who was writing his
son in the Philippines and as di-
rected requested a 25-cent air
mail stamp. AS they were leav-
ing the lobby the young lady re-
marked to her companion: 81
didn't know they had 25-cent air.
mail stamps. Do they go faster"
Sometimes a clear conscience is
nothing more than a poor mem
Dry.