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“Rev. A. C. Schultz Called To Pulpit
Of The Ebenezer Mennonite Church
Rev. A. C. Schultz, professor of
Biblical literature at Bluffton col
lege, has been called to a full-time
pastorate at the Ebenezer Mennonite
Although there is much legend and
uncertainty about the facts of St.
Patrick, great Irish bishop and re
ligious organizer, there was little un
certainty about the fact that Bluff
ton experienced the coldest St. Pat
rick’s Day seen here in years, Mon
day.
There is probably no other great
saint about whom so much uncer
tainty exists. It is not even known
whether March 17 is the date of his
death or the date of his birth, tho
it is sometimes said to be both.
According to the best authorities
Patrick was born about A. D. 386.
His talents as an organizer were
soon dereloped and in a short time
he understood how to adapt the sup
erstitions and the pagan rites which
he found to teaching of the church.
His work in Ireland may be sum
med up by saying that he founded
365 churches and established numer
ous schools and colleges and con
tributed much to civilizing the peo
ple.
The most popular of the legends
regarding St. Patrick is that which
gives him credit for driving all the
snakes and similar vermin out of
Ireland. The story as current today
is told in one of the most popular
of Irish songs, from which the fol
lowing is an extract:
“There’s not a mile in Ireland’s isle
where the dirty vermin musters
Where’er he put his dear forefoot
he murdered them in clusters.
The toads went hop, the frogs went
flop, slap dash into the water,
And the beasts committed suicide to
save themselves from slaughter.”
It seems that St. Patrick, wher
ever he went, was always preceded
by a drum. One time when going
up a hill to preach a sermon that
was to finish the snakes, the drum
St. Patrick’s Day Observed Here
Accompanied By Cold Wintry Blasts
THE TICKET AGENT —“I’m the
local man who makes good trips come
true for you—at fares that are only one
third the cost of driving your own car!
May I help you with routes, rates and
schedules
THE MECHANIC—“I’m the fellow
you don’t see but I tune up and overhaul
the Super-Coach power plants, check the
air-conditioning units and everything
that adds to the comfort and smooth
riding of these luxury buses.”
THE TRAVEL BUREAU GIRL
"I arrange expense-paid tours to scores
of interesting places in America, includ
ing hotels, sightseeing, entertainment, all
in one money-saving package. I do all
the planning, you have all the fun"
THE DRIVER—“Safety experts re
cently dug into the records and found
that I operate 14 times as safely as the
average automobile driver. When you
oee the rigid safety precautions 1 take,
you’ll undesscand whgr.
Pine Restaurant
N. Main St. Phone 368-W
GREYHOUND
church west of Bluffton, beginning
April 20. He succeeds Rev. P. A.
Kliewer, who has held the position
for more than eleven years. Rev.
Schultz will continue his work at
the college.
The Ebenezer church is one of the
largest in the General Conference,
having a membership of nearly 600.
Rev. Schultz was born on a farm
near Langham, Saskatchewan, Can
ada. When five years old he moved
to Chicago. He received his educa
tion in Chicago, graduating from the
Moody Bible Institute, and received
his degrees from the Northern Bap
tist Theological Seminary and the
University of Chicago. During this
time he did extensive pulpit supply
ing. Later he spent one year in
Palestine, Egypt, Transjordan doing
archaeological research work, and
for two months was the director and
minister of the mission station in
Jerusalem. He has traveled extens
ively in Europe.
was beaten so vigorously that it
burst. According to the legend, the
snakes then started to glide out of
their hiding places. Suddenly an
angel patched the drum, the sermon
proceeded, and all the reptiles van
ished as if by magic.
The shamrock, which is the symbol
of the celebratioh, is worn in com
memoration of the fact that w’hen
St. Patrick was preaching the doc
trine of the Trinity he made use of
this plant bearing three leaves on
one stem as a symbol of great mys
tery.
Despite the legendary character of
much of the material, the fact re
mains that St. Patrick accomplished
much good and that he remains in
the minds and hearts of countless
millions at this time every year.
Work On Jefferson
Bridge To Start Soon
Work on the Jefferson street
bridge on Route 103 will start as
soon as there is a break in the
weather, it was stated the forepart
of the week by Mayor W. A. Howe.
A new floor and steel supporting
stringers will make up the proposed
improvement with equipment for do
ing this already on location. The
job will be done by the state high
way department, it was announced
by the mayor.
Northeastern Ohio and smaller
areas in other parts of the state are
harvesting the 1941 maple syrup
crop. A few years ago about 80 per
cent of Ohio maple syrup went to an
eastern state for resale under that
state’s label. At present, most of the
Ohio crop is sold on its acknowledged
merit under a Buckeye label.
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TO ALL THIS AMAZING AMERICA!”
(Hear what these specialists have to say,
before you choose any transportation)
One
Way
Rd.
Trip
Clearfield, Pa. .. $ 6.90 $12.45
Elkhart, Ind. ... 2.80 5.05
Gettysburg. Pa. 7.80 14.05
Hamilton, Ont. 5.90 10.65
St. Louis, Mo. .. 6.40 11.55
Montreal, Quebec 12.90 23.25
Mackinaw, Mich. 8.05 14.50
Los Angeles, Cal. 34.75 62.50
Coffeyville, Kan. 11.65 21.00
St. Petersburg, Fla 15.00 27.00
Chicago, 111. .►. 3.25 5.85
New York, N. Y. 10.80 19.45
Louisville, K .. 4.15 7.50
Flint, Mich........... 3.30 5.95
3 CONVENIENT BUSES
DAILY EASTBOUND
Leave 4:48 p. m.
1:38 a. m. 12:13 p. m.
3 CONVENIENT BUSES
DAILY WESTBOUND
Leave 12:02 p. m.
7:26 p. m. 1:39 a. m.
Triplets Are Born To
Two Bluffton Goats
Over Past Week End
QIX baby goats less than a
week old being sheltered in
the barn of Dr. Gordon Bixel,
Bluffton optometrist, on Spring
street are proving an unusual
attraction to children of the
neighborhood.
The sextette consists of two
sets of triplets born to to two
goats, belonging to Gordon, Jr.,
Betty and David Bixel, children
of Dr. and Mrs. Bixel.
The goats are purebred Saan
ens and are kept for milk pro
duction, giving from ten to
twelve quarts daily.
Junior Play Next
Wednesday Night
“Lavender And Old Lace”, a play
based on Myrtle Reed’s famous
novel by the same name, will be
presented by the Junior class next
Wednesday at the Bluffton college
chapel.
It is a masterpiece of fiction pre
sented in three acts. The plot of
the story centers around Mary Ain
slie, a charming and gracious little
lady who lives among her memories,
growing lavender flowers and plac
ing them among her rare old laces.
She never leaves the house and
every night a lighted lamp burns
brightly in her attic window. Ruth
Thorne, the niece of her closest
friend comes to stay with her. When
Ruth’s lover, Carl Winfield, a young
newspaper reporter, suffers an ac
cident which causes him to lose his
eyesight, Miss Ainslie fights heroical
ly in order to help Carl regain his
lost vision. Not until the final scene
does Mary Ainslie reveal her rela
tionship to Carl and her reason for
having lived such a strange life.
The cast of characters includes
Miss Mary Ainslie, played by Ruth
Henderson, Col. Grove Jane Hath
away by Margaret Berky, Bluffton
Ruth Thorne by Betty Keeney, Pen
craft, Pa. Bernice Carlton by Mar
garet Olivet, Chicago Carl Winfield
by Mark Houshower, Bowmansville,
Pa. Sophrony Trotter by Evelyn
Hilty, Pandora Dr. Howard Patter
son by George Swank, Bluffton
Hepsey by Frances Ramseyer, Smith
ville Joe Pendleton by Bert Smuck
er, Bluffton and James Ball by
Richard Weaver, Middlebury, Ind.
New Books, Librarian
Announces This Week
The following new books have
been received at the Bluffton Public
library:
Mrs. Miniver—Jan Struther. Mrs.
Miniver, an English lady, tells with
wit and humor of the little happen
ings that make up the everyday life
of her family. The setting is Eng
land just before the war.
Can Christianity Save Civilization?
—Walter Marshall Horton. Ranging
over the centuries, Mr. Horton shows
that religion and particularly Chris
tianity has repeatedly come to the
rescue of dying cultures and recon
structed them into new and living
systems.
The Big Sea—Langston Hughes.
Autobiography of the Negro poet,
novelist and playwright. It re
counts his life story up to the age of
twenty-seven, giving some of the
struggles of the negro for life and
justice, freedom and intellectual lib
erty.
Secrets of the Marshbanks—Kath
leen Norris. Cherry, a shy convent
bred girl, is introduced into the lux
urious home of Judge Marshbanks
and becomes involved in the mystery
of the house.
Seed-borne, diseases can be con
trolled by proper treatments of seed
oats before planting. Thorough
cleaning of the oats will eliminate
weed seeds and waste material. In
structions for seed treatment can be
obtained from any Ohio agricultural
agent.
HOLLYWOOD
THEATRE OTTAWA
Where America’s Most Promi
nent Stars Appear
FRL—SAT.—2 Pictures
George Brent-Brenda Marshall
“SOUTH OF SUEZ”
George O’Brien “TRIPLE JUSTICE”
SUN. MON. TUES.
A Double-Header that will
crowd this theatre to the doors!
The laugh riot—
“THE WILD MAN
OF BORNEO”
Frank Morgan, Mary Howard,
Bonita Granville. Billie Burke.
The Musical comedy hit—
“Barnyard Follies”
Mary Lee. Rufe Davia, The
Cackle Sisters, The Kiddoodlers.
DONT MISS THIS SHOW
Hundreds of Bluffton People are Com
in* Regularly—Join the Crowd and
Come.
Next Sunday—March 30
Gone With The Wind
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Most of us are reasonably sure
how we look but only a few of us
know how we sound. Not so with
the students in the speech classes at
Bluffton High school and Bluffton
college. Here with a modern record
ing machine the students learn to
appraise the tonal quality, the dic
tion and other traits of their own
voices.
Two permanent records are made,
one at the beginning of the course
and the other at the end of the
course. This was both the instruct
or, P. W. Stauffer, and the student
are able to check on the progress
made by the student in the duration
of the course.
The student stands at a micro
phone and reads a sample speech
containing difficult words which re
quire proper pronunciation, enuncia
tion, diction and voice modulation.
In addition Prof. Stauffer makes
records of the voice in extemporan
eous speaking by asking the student
impromptu questions over the micro
phone.
Adjustment and operation of tfie
machine, which makes a cutting of
the record, is performed by mem
bers of the class. The mechanism
Did you know that tradition as
cribes to Ohio the 17th star in the
field of blue on the flag of the
United States of America.
This star, first at the left in the
third row, represents the chrono
logical order of the date of Ohio’s
admission into the union.
Altho no legislation assigns to
states any particular star in the
flag, in tradition and theory each
represents the entrance of a specifis
state into the union.
To Delaware, the first state to
ratify the Constitution, is delegated
the position in the upper left hand
corner. Other stars, in order ac
cording to the date of the states’ ad
mission to the union, are arranged
in rows as follows:
Top row: (2) Pennsylvania, (3)
New Jersey, (4) Georgia, (5) Con
necticut, (6) Massachusetts, (7)
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Three Bluffton college students using a modern recording device to
make phonograph records for the purpose of overcoming speech defects.
They are, left to right, Grace Adams of Celina Ruthe Mayer of Lima and
Lora Schultz of Bluffton.
Whether the urge to collect comes
from an innate human desire to
bring order out of chaos is not
known for sure, but it is certain that
there are a number of unusual hob
bies in Bluffton.
Ranging all the way from the col
lection of old snuff boxes to political
buttons of the recent presidential
campaign, an extreme variety of pur
suits are followed by the hobbyists
of the town.
High School And College Use Recording
Device For Remedial Work In Speaking
The snuff box collection is owned by
Stanley Basinger, local undertaker,
who also owns a collection of multi
colored barber bottles dating back to
the gay nineties when the barber
shop shelves were lined writh gilt
lettered shaving mugs and gaily
colored bottles of hair tonic. His
mother, Mrs. Francis Basinger, of
South Lawn avenue, has one of the
outstanding doll collections in this
section of the state.
Although there are many hobby
ists in Bluffton who follow the more
customary lines such as stamps,
coins and arrowheads, one of the
most unusual collections is that of
Jesse Bracy of South Lawn avenue
who collects milk bottles bearing
names, of different dairies.
Seventeenth Star In Flag Is
Traditionally Ascribed To Ohio
Collections Ranging From Snuff Boxes
To Campaign Buttons Found In Bluffton
There are two known collections
merely requires correct tuning of the
voice pitch and volume. Appear
ance and operation of the recording
apparatus is similar to a combination
radio and phonograph machine.
The machine is the property of
the speech department of Bluffton
High school and is housed in a spe
cially padded ad carpeted room at
the school in order to hold disturbing
noises to a minimum. The machine
was purchased with funds earned in
play productions at the high school
over a period of years.
All speech students at both the
high school and college are given
the opportunity to have their voices
recorded. Speech is a required
course at the college with the re
sult that all students are given a
voice analysis. In high school the
course is optional.
At the college a course in speech
pathology is being given and the
students in the class conduct a
speech clinic in which they are as
signed high school and college stu
dents for remedial work. Readings
and analysis charts are kept of
their progress in assisting students
to overcome stuttering, stammering,
poor diction and other speech defects.
Maryland, (8) South Carolina.
Second row: (9) New Hampshire,
(10) Virginia, (11) New York, (12)
North Carolina, (13) Rhode Island,
(14) Vermont, (15) Kentucky, (16)
Tennessee.
Third row: (17) Ohio, (18) Louis
iana, (19) Indiana, (20) Mississippi,
(21) Illinois, (22) Alabama, (23)
Maine, (24) Missouri.
Fourth row: (25) Arkansas, (26)
Michigan, (27) Florida, (28) Texas,
(29) Iowa, (30) Wisconsin, (31)
California, (32) Minnesota.
Fifth row: (33) Oregon, (34)
Kansas, (35) West Virginia, (36)
Nevada, (37) Nebraska, (38) Colo
rado, (39) North Dakota, (40) South
Dakota.
Sixth row: (41) Montana, (42)
Washington, (43) Idaho, (44) Wyom
ing, (45) Utah, (46) Oklahoma,
(47) New Mexico, (48) Arizona.
of campaign buttons in town, those
of S. P. Herr of South Main street
and Eugene Benroth of North Main
street. Herr’s collection started with
the campaign buttons of President
Benjamin Harrison in 1889 and con
tinues until the present. Benroth
has specialized in the last campaign
in which he has collected hundreds
of buttons of all descriptions in the
1940 presidential campaign.
Benroth also has an auto license
tag collection starting with the first
year metal tags were issued in Ohio,
that of 1909. The collection also in
cludes several leather auto tags
prior to 1909.
Jesse Yoakum, of West Elm street
has specialized in pencils having
nearly 300 all different commercial
pencils of various colors and descrip
tions. Floyd Herr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson Herr of South Lawn
avenue has been an enthusiastic
match cover collector and has hun
dreds of varieties representing al
most every type of commercial, busi
ness and industrial establishment.
Anyone in town knowing of other
interesting and unusual hobbies in
and around Bluffton is asked to com
municate information to the Bluffton
News. z
From owning and operating one of
the largest plumbing and heating
contracting businesses in Northwest
ern Ohio to becoming a real dirt
farmer near Bluffton is the change
being made this spring by Charles
Danner residing two miles west of
town on what was formerly the
Adam and Barbara Amstutz place of
120 acres near the Ebenezer Men
nonite church.
Danner plans to be no gentleman
farmer—it’s real dirt farming for
him, he says, and he expects to put
into practise on the farm the latest
ideas in scientific agriculture.
Since buying the place two years
ago Danner and his wife have re
sided on the farm and liked it so
well they decided to dispose of their
Lima interests and take over active
operation of the farm this year.
Shortly after he purchased the
place Danner had all buildings on the
place painted white and carried out
the scheme on the fence posts which
were also painted the same color.
The old Amstutz homestead, one
Students and faculty members of
Bluffton college will participate this
spring in the planting of an arbore
tum to be situated on a three-acre
plot behind Science Hall. Plans for
the project are well under way at
the present time, with Miss Alta
Schrock, acting professor of biology,
chairman, and Professor H. W.
Berky and J. H. Loganbill serving
on the committee.
Three hundred varieties of trees
and shrubs will be planted. Most
of these will be specie native to the
United States however, a few for
eign trees of special interest will
also be included.
One section of the arboretum will
be typical of the Appalachian Moun
tains. Another part will be repre
sentative of the northern and
western conifers. Native shrubbery
and threaded by-paths will border
this section. Planted in the largest
area will be common deciduous for
est trees of the middle states.
Thorns and other bird foods will
be planted on the extreme back
border, which will be nearest the
college orchard. The abandoned
faculty garden will become a grow
ing bed for seedlings, including
many blight resistent chestnuts.
College Senior Goes
To U. S. Air Corps
Albert Naum, Bluffton college sen
ior from Lima, will take up duties in
the United States Army Air Corps
and left the campus for his pre
paratory training Wednesday.
Naum will spend the coming
three months in preliminary train
ing at the Spartan Air College,
Muscogee, Oklahoma. From thqje
he will go to Randolph Field in
Texas for a five month period of
more intensive actual army air
training. After that he will be a
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941
Former City Plumbing Contractor
Will Be Real Dirt Farmer Here
Three Hundred Varieties Or Trees And
Shrubs To Be Planted At Arboretum Here
of the landmarks of the Swiss set
tlement has been remodeled into a
strictly modern dwelling and bams
and outbuildings wired for electricity
and equipped with all up-to-date con
veniences.
Both Danner and his wife were
reared in small towns, Danner him
self being the son of the late Conrad
Danner who resided in Bluffton on
Grove street.
For the past fifteen years he was
engaged in the contracting business
with headquarters in Lima and hand
led many large school and factory
plumbing and heating installations
throughout Northwestern Ohio.
He is now winding up his affairs
in Lima following the sale of his
business to two of his associates and
beginning the first of next month
will devote his entire time to his
farm west of Bluffton.
One of his projects planned for
this year is chicken raising on a
large scale. He now has a flock of
1,300 laying pullets and expects to
add a large number of baby chicks
shortly.
Special measures are to be taken
to acidify the local alkaline soil in
the section to be planted in moun
tain species. These measures are
necessary in assuring the growth of
such trees as laurel and hemlock.
Some of the students will be in
structed in the process of taking
trees from both local areas and nur
series. Correct methods of planting
trees will be given under the super
vision of the committee.
GIVErIT'ORrKEEP IT
BUT CERTAINLY GET IT
Colonial homes are complemented by Fostoria’s “American"
crystal. Modern homes like it, too. And gift lists minus “American"
seem neglected.
I For “American" is an authentic reproduction of that traditional
design which marked the cozy simplicity of early New England
life. Indeed, no crystal pattern is more exquisitely beautiful or so
moderately priced ... none with a more romantic past or such a
brilliant future.
Miss Schrock plans to spend her
spring vacation digging Appalach
ian trees and shrubs, to be shipped
for the arboretum. Students and
alumni who can obtain trees for the
project are also urged to contribute.
We have innumerable “American" pieces for your selection.
Some of these are as little as 50c each. Or a complete dinner service
is available, perfectly satisfactory for serving all kinds of hot foods
and drinks.
After the trees have been well
started, all will be labeled accord
ing to name and native section. A
record will also be kept of the stu
dents participating in the project
along with the particular trees
which they donate and plant.
At the present time Bluffton col
lege is growing on the campus near
the gymnasium a number of blight
resistant chestnuts, which Jesse
D. Diller, Division of Forestry
Pathology of the United States
Agricultural Commission, considers
to be the best ever put out by his
division.
full fledged member of the Army
Air Corps and will remain in that
capacity for a period of three years,
holding the commission of Second
Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Corps.
Two other Bluffton seniors, La
Moyne Lingrel and Elmer Ramga,
are also planning to enter the air
service. Lingrel has been definitely
accepted and will leave sometime in
May w’hile Ramga has yet to take
his physical exam before being ac
cepted for training. Lingrel, due to
preliminary training in the Reserve
Officers Training Corps is also in
line for a commission.
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