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THURSDAY, DEC. 11, 1941
W ar which came unexpectedly but
not looked for was uppermost in
minds of Bluffton residents the first
of the week. Bluffton took the new’s
calmly as it has met other crises,
with local administration officials,
ex-service men and citizens generally
standing by to do their part in the
national emergency.
With Christmas only two weeks in
the offing mild weather still persists
although in a somewhat modified
form since the first of the week.
Last Thursday with temperatures
barely missing 70 degrees was the
wannest December weather for more
than fifty years.
Last Saturday, Mrs. Ed Steiner
of South Main street picked a bou
quet of flowers in her garden and
presented them to Marjorie Clark,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Clark, who has been ill at the home
of her parents on Grove street for
the past year.
Gilbert Fett, Bluffton hardware
merchant is still enjoying fresh veg
etables from his garden on South
Main street.
A. T. “Pude” Worthington, form
er Bluffton motion picture impres
ario, seems to be the handy man in
the present national defense pro
gram. Pude left a good job in the
Douglas Aircraft factory in Los
Angeles to come east last summer.
Monday he received a wire from
Douglas asking him to return, but
he says he can’t do it as he is now
busy helping out with the govern
ment’s tank construction program in
Lima.
This is the story of the goat that
came back home. Roger Murray
gave his pet goat, “Cisco Kid” to
Harold Kohli. Apparently the goat
became homesick as it soon broke
away from the Kohli home on West
Elm street and headed back in the
general direction of the Murray
home on Thurman street. Being
Saturday night it was attracted by
the bright lights down town and
took to wandering the streets in
the north end of the business sec
tion. Recognizing “Cisco Kid” as
belonging in their neighborhood,
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Florence Biome, caught the animal
which willingly followed her back
to its old stamping grounds. Roger
says that his Dad told him if Cisco
is so anxious to get back home he
might as well stay there permanent
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A disappointed girl was Anna
McGinnis who spent hours and hours
rigging up her cleverly decorated
wagon with two cats in for the pet
parade Friday only to arrive too
late. She was under the impres
sion that the parade was to have
started at the originally announced
time of 2 o’clock instead of being
moved up 15 minutes earlier. She
forgot her grief when she and her
cousin, Elizabeth Fisher of Pandora,
went hunting later in the afternoon
using BB guns as their weapons.
David Stearns got a chance to
demonstrate his first aid prowess at
the Boy Scout meeting held in the
Legion hall last Thursday night.
They had just spent the evening
demonstrating matters relating to
first aid including what to do about
a black eye. Just as they finished
the demonstration David hit his
head on the knee of assistant scout
master Gene Benroth and got a
beautiful shiner of gorgeous black
and blue. First Aid, in the proper
scouting technique, was immediately
applied to the injured orb.
All the neighbor cats are afraid
of Fluff, the 11 pound Persian cat
belonging to Frieda Martin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Martin
of West Elm street. Most of the
cats will run when they see Fluff
coming and none dare to pick a
fight. Fluff loves to come into the
house in this cold weather and
climbs up on the screen to attract
the attention of those inside.
Arden Baker, personnel manager
of the Triplett Co., recited the fol
lowing poem at a meeting of the
Bluffton High school teachers Mon
day night after school. The poem
was spoken by a jockey to the horse
which he was riding.
“Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
If you don’t win
You’ll soon be glue.”
The poem was given as an illus
tration of the need for stimulation
not only in industry but in other
realms of endeavor.
If the announcement of Japan’s
attack on Hawaii electrified the
adult population, you should have
observed the effect on the school
children Monday. Feeling on the
matter ran so strongly that dis
cussions had to be considerably
calmed down, several instructors re
ported.
Missionary Returns On
Liner “Acadia” With
Survivors Of Nazi-sunk
Freighter
(Continued from page 1)
not return to Africa with the family
during their last three year term of
service but has been attending Pan
dora High school where he will
graduate this spring. Their second
son Roy, 10, returned from Africa
with his parents.
Arrive in Brooklyn
Rev. Schutz and family arrived in
Brooklyn, New York Saturday night,
November 22 after a crossing of
nearly a month’s duration, part of
which was through submarine in
fested waters. Ordinarily they
would have returned about six
months sooner but due to difficulties
in booking passage they were not
able to come until this time.
Although originally a member of
the Grace Mennonite church of
Pandora, Rev. Schutz is working in
the West African mission field under
the board of the United Brethren in
Christ. Due to the reaction of the
tropics on the human system, fur
loughs are arranged every three
years instead of the longer periods
of other climes.
Lehigh Survivors
In addition to 78 missionaries
aboard the Acadia there were 44
survivors of the U. S. freighter
Lehigh sunk by a torpedo from a
Nazi U-boat 75 miles northwest of
Freetown, main port of Sierra
Leone. The freighter was torpedoed
without warning about 9 o’clock in
the morning of October 19 and sunk
about an hour later without loss of
life.
Considerable publicity was given
to the sinking of the Lehigh in view’
of the fact that the American public
was provided with the first picture
of a sinking boat carrying the
American flag painted on the sides
of the vessel. The current issue of
the Life magazine carries pictures
of the sinking.
Mistaken for Acadia
Some observers have pointed out
that the German U-boat wras really
waiting for the liner Acadia instead
of the Lehigh. In her trip to Free
town she w’as scheduled to pass al
most the same point at the same
time which the Lehigh was sunk.
She W’as carrying 100 Pan American
Airways technicians who w’ere pre
paring to set up air bases for
American made bombers ferried to
Africa.
The crew’ were in lifeboats for
two days when they were picked up
Girls of Ropp hail entertained the
men of Lincoln hall at a “kid” party
Saturday evening in the Ropp hall
dining room. The occasion was the
result of a challenge for the best
decorated dormitory during Home
coming festivities earlier in the year.
Because Lincoln hall was declared
the winner, the women were required
to treat the men with a party. Many
students dressed to suit the occa
sion. Children’s games were played,
and refreshments were served.
Jntra-mural basketball started Fri
day evening in the gymnasium. Both
men and women participated in the
program which is being sponsored by
the two compus Varsity “B” organi
zations. Six teams have been organ
ized in the men’s division, with 38
men participating. Three teams
have been selected for the women’s
competition with 35 participating.
Members of the faculty attended
a banquet at Findlay college, Friday
evening. This was the first of a
series of annual meetings of the fac
ulties of Findlay, Ohio Northern,
and Bluffton colleges to promote
more friendly relations betw’een the
three schools. Similar dinners will
be held on the other two campuses
during the year.
Dr. C. Henry Smith, professor of
history, will discuss “The World
Turned Round Again” on the weekly
college broadcast from station WLOK
in Lima, Thursday at 9:30 p. m.
Laurence Burkhalter, violinst Paul­
A Red Cross program was held
at an assembly meeting Tuesday
afternoon.
by a British destroyer and taken to
Freetown where they were placed on
the America bound Acadia, on which
Rev. Schutz and family were sailing.
Out of Freetown for a day and a
night, the Acadia had a British
escort to take them through the
waters where recent sinkings by
Nazi U-boats have occurred. Out
side of frequent blackouts, there was
nothing on the remainder of the
voyage to remind them of war con
ditions.
Few Restrictions
Thus far the war has not inter
ferred any with the mission work in
Sierra Leone. The only restrictions
were those imposed on everyone in
the country for personal safety.
Much evidence of war activity is
seen in Freetown, where the Schutzs
lived while he was superintendent of
the denomination’s mission work.
The harbor is being used extensively
by British merchant and war ships
and is rapidly becoming one of the
great harbors of the world, Rev.
Schutz stated.
In addition to cruisers, battleships
and destroyers Rev. Schutz has seen
such famous ships as the ill fated
Ark Royal, British aircraft carrier,
the Queen Mary and others. Enemy
planes have flown over Freetown on
several occasions and in one instance
one was shot down.
Mission Emphasizes Changing
A changing emphasis in the
modern mission picture is to go be
yond evangelism and to set up a
definite program of social and
health improvement, it was stated
by Rev. Schutz. The present pro
gram of the denomination’s mission
activity includes: evangelism, medi
cine, education, industry and crafts
and agricultural education.
A native church is started by an
itinerant evangelist and is followed
by a Bible teacher. When enough
interest is shown to establish a
church the educational and medical
programs are brought along to
supplement the religious instruction,
Rev. Schutz pointed out.
The denomination has 1,000
preaching places, 73 schools, 32 or
ganized churches and three hospital
dispensaries. Rev. Schutz has spec
ialized largely in the educational
phase of the denomination’s mission
Bluffton College Notes
Bluffton High School Notes
Discussion of the war overshadow
ed all other topics, even basketball,
among the students of the high
school this week. Students were
seen in small groups discussing
various phases of the war and com
menting on its implications to Unit
ed States. Many of the classes
spent considerable time in discussing
the war and the latest news flashes.
Arden Baker, personnel manager
of the Triplett Co., addressed the
regular meeting of the Bluffton High
school faculty Monday night after
school. He spoke on reactions of
industry to the type of student be
ing sent from the high schools to
the factory. Generally employers
are looking for workers with in
telligence, cooperative attitude, alert
ness, intelligence, character, toler
ance, ability to maintain sustained
effort and reliability, the speaker
stated. The plant usually finds that
farm boys turn out to be the best
workers largely because of their ex
periences in hard work and co
operative activity on the farm.
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ine Sprunger, soprano and Gene
Weed, tenor, will also be presented
at that time. This will be the sixth
in a series of thirteen broadcasts
from the college.
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Bert Smucker has been chosen to
represent the Bluffton college Y. W.
and Y. M. C. A.’s at the National
Conference of Student Christian as
sociations to be held at Miami uni
versity, Oxford, from December 27
to January 3. Representatives from
student organizations from all parts
of the United States will meet at
this conference. They will discuss
and plan for a greater Christian
faith, for Christian social reconstruc
tion, and for direction of the Chris
tian movement. A preparatory’ con
ference to the Miami conference was
held at Heidelberg college December
7, to discuss fundamental questions
of the Christian faith. Lucia Gries
er, Mary Alice Howe, Ruth Mayer,
Robert Wagner, Royal Thomas, and
Bert Smucker attended from Bluff
ton.
A joint meeting of the Bluffton
college Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. mem
bers will be held in the College chap
el at 7:30 p. m., Wednesday evening,
Dec. 10. An international Christmas
program will be presented. The Y.
W. C. A. will hold its Christmas
party on December 17, in the Ropp
hall lobby. At that time, members
of the organization will wrap and
distribute Christmas gifts to needy
families, as a feature of the social
action committee, headed by Miss
Frances Beckenbach, sophomore.
The Hi-Y club, under the direction
of Norman Beidler, president, was
in charge of the Parent-Teachers
association meeting held at the high
school cafeteria Tuesday night.
In anticipation of the first home
basketball game of the season with
Bucyrus Rural High school this
Wednesday night the first basketball
pep meeting was held Wednesday
morning.
A recommendation was received
this week by Prin. Gerhard Buhler
from state fire officials that all doors
must ba closed in the building at
fire drills. The doors should be
open only long enough to permit the
pupils to pass out of the building.
In case of actual fire open doors
would create a draft and cause the
blaze to burn even more intensely,
it was pointed out.
Alice Santschi will be in charge
of sales of the student edition of
the Readers Digest.
The following motion pictures will
be shown in the high school science
and social science classes: The Life
of Plants, Washington, Shrine of
American Patriotism.
program and has had considerable
administrative responsibility.
The country abounds in wild
animals and mosquitoes and oc
casionally members of the mission
stations enjoy hunting, although fre
quently while doing the itinerant
church work the opportunity comes
very suddenly. The more common
animals include elephants, rhinocer
ous, hippopotamus, leopard, civet
cat, buffalo, antelope and hyena.
Recent improvement prices for
dairy cows is reflected in the report
of H. E. Denlinger, fieldman for the
Guernsey Breeders Association, which
shows an average of $172 per head
for purebreds in four consignment
sales, as compared with an average
of $146 per head at similar sales in
1940.
Of the United States total of $9,
637,00 worth of food stamps used in
September, $2,510,000 was spent in
the Midwest. Of each food stamp
dollar spent 18.4 cents went for eggs,
20.4 cents for cereal products, 32 cents
for vegetables including potatoes, and
26.9 cents for fruits. Pork and but
ter were not on the surplus list that
month.
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Bluffton cage followers will have
their first opportunity of the season
to see Bluffton High and Bluffton
college fives in action on the home
court in games scheduled for the
next week.
Bluffton High will make its first
Bluffton appearance against Bucyrus
Rural this Wednesday night on the
high school court, after which the
College Cagers
Lose Two Games
Meeting two of the most power
ful college quintets in the state,
Bluffton college cagers suffered a
pair of one-sided defeats in games
played last week.
In their season opener last Wed
nesday, the Beavers were trounced
by Bowling Green, at that place, 53
to 28. Playing Toledo University
Rockets at Toledo on Friday night,
Bluffton went down to a 77 to 26
defeat.
Bowling Green put a giant team
on the floor against the Beavers,
eight of the first 10 men on the
Faison squad being more than six
feet in height.
At Toledo it was simply a case of
too much power, after Bluffton had
stayed within four points of the
Rockets during the first 10 minutes.
After that time the Toledo crew
went into high gear, and at half
time the winners were out in front,
36 to 19.
Toledo’s team this year is sup
posed to be the best in the history
of the school, and the outfit lived
up to expectations in the game with
Bluffton.
Bob Gerber, star center of the
team, rolled up a 23 point total and
Quinn, a forward, tallied 19 points.
Lehman, with seven points, was high
for Bluffton.
Pirates Off Form,
Lose To Lima South
Unable to connect on shots from
the floor, Bluffton High cagers failed
to match a blistering Lima South
last-half assault and the Pirates
went down td defeat in the Tiger
gymnasium last Friday night by a
score of 40 to 23.
Altho off form, the Dillermen man
aged to stay within striking distance
of the Lima team during the first
half. In the second quarter, par
ticularly, the Bluffton defense ap
peared to be tightening as Lima was
held to five points, and the Pirate
offense at the same time rolled seven
points thru the hoop.
It was the only time in the con
test, however, that the locals held
the advantage, and South’s early
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READING
Pirates will rest until Dec. 19 when
their sihedule calls for them to play
Ada at that place.
After meeting Ohio Northern at
Ada this Thursday night, Bluffton
college cagers will appear at home
for the first time when they tangle
with Kent State, next Monday night
The game will be played in the high
school gymnasium.
lead was maintained all the way.
Bluffton’s offensive strength was
a complete reversal of the opening
game a week ago against Vaughns
ville when the crew rolled up a
total of 47 points.
Against South, eight players were
unable to connect with any degree
of accuracy from the floor, and sta
tistics show the team was successful
on only five of 63 field goal attempts.
A further handicap was the fact
that center Bob Cooney was out of
the lineup with an ankle injury.
South held an 11 to 6 lead at the
close of the first quarteer the half
time score was 16 to 13, with South
in the van at the third quarter
Bluffton was trailing, 27 to 16.
Archer, South’s towering center,
did some fine work for the Tigers
under the boards, scoring 16 points
during the evening. Smith, South
guard, w’as second high scorer, garn
ering nine points.
Beidler w’as top man in the Bluff
ton offense w’ith eight points, and
Howre got fiive.
Pirate Seconds
Win Over South
Bluffton High reserves played stel
lar ball last Friday night in the
Lima South gymnasium to win their
second game of the season as they
dow'ned the South second-stringers,
43 to 25.
It was a close ball game for three
quarters, but Bluffton pulled aw’ay
to a commanding decision with a
w’hirlwind fourth-session attack that
netted 18 points.
Bluffton 2nds
Fritchie, f.................... 4 4 12
Schmidt, f.................... ... 2 3 7
Loganbill, c.................. 0 1 1
Deppler, c. .......... ... 5 1 11
Gratz, g. .... _............... 0 1 1
Klassen, g.................... ... 0 0 0
Burkholder, g............... 4 1 9
Zimmerly, g. ........... ... 1 0 2
Totals ...................... .16 11 43
South Reserves .......... 9 7 25
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Mr. and Mrs. Martin Blunk of
Findlay were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Blunk and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carrick, Mrs.
Russell Neighswander and daughter
Jean spent Sunday w’ith Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Schryer and family of
Sycamore.
Mrs. Harold Smith spent last
week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Beach of Erie, Mich.
Mrs. Bruce Altman spent Thurs
day with Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Col
lingwood and Mrs. Ada Gariepy of
near McComb.
Earl McCaslin of Findlay was a
Sunday afternoon caller on Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Boyer.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ellenberger
of Beaverdam spent Sunday w’ith
Mr. and Mrs. William Tooley and
son Billy.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith received
word Friday that their son Richard
is stationed at Camp Wolters, Texas.
Miss Dorotha Beltz, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Stalzer of Findlay were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Sandy Beltz.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dean and
son of Findlay were Thursday evenr
ing supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Wilson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Peterson
spent Thursday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. George Wittenmyer and
daughter Inez and Mr. and Mrs.
Lovell Smith and family.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Forsyth and
Ruth and Lola Moon visited relatives
in Ft. Wayne, Ind., over the week
end.
H. L. Sines of Newark John Bur
ton and Gene Warner of Findlay
were recent callers on Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Conard and family.
Mrs. Ella McClelland spent Sun
day w’ith Mr. and Mrs. George San
derson of Ada.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Steinman and
son Larry Dean of Findlay w’ere
Wednesday evening callers on Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Smith.
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