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Ruling Head of England Re
quested That Diners Drink
Toasts to Mothers
BlulTton to Celebrate Day, With
Rest of Country, This
Sunday
Mother’s Day, which will be cele
brated here as in the rest of the
country on Sunday, had its origin in
an incident in the court of Queen
Victoria in 19th century England.
Mother’s Day Originated During Reign
Of Queen Victoria At Royal Banquet
In that reign it was the custom
of guests at royal banquets to break
their glasses after drinking a toast
to the queen. It was based on the
idea that the tumblers when shat
tered could not be put to a less
worthy purpose.
On one occasion, at a feast held
early in the month of May, the
Queen arose as the toast was about
to start and requested that the din
ers refrain from breaking the glass
es.
“After you have finished toasting
me”, she said, “I want you to drink
a toast to the mothers of our na
tion.”
First Morher’s Day
Very likely that was the first
Mother’s Day, in which Bluffton will
join with the rest of the nation in
paying tribute to that which poets,
song writers with just cause have
termed the greatest word in our
language—Mother.
For many decades a custom, said
to have originated in Ohio, has been
in vogue, namely, the wearing of a
carnation to designate the thoughtful
love that hovers near on Mothers’
Day.
Most of the presidents of the
United States have been men who
have been singularly devoted to
their mothers.
A story is told of George Wash
ington, who but a lad of 12, was
going to sea. When the cart came
to the door for his trunk his mother
cried “George your father is dead
and I cannot have you go away.”
MAKE EVERY
PAY DAY
WAR
EORD DAY
STOP SPIHOIHG SW DOLLARS
The following former students.
began the duties thereof, since the
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Dorothy Bork
Helen Gardner
Violet Tannenbaum
Janet Herrig
Anna Belle Corf man
Catherine McMahon
Aliceann Knapp
Andre Lou Ketterer
Evelyn Cleveland
Agatha Eidt
Virginia Feikes
James Breyman
Alice Gillig
John Ginther
Maxine Wank
Mary Wank
Lesta Zeiter
Anita Walton
Mary Tomecek
Louise Curlis
John Reis
Gerald Orians
Claire Miller
Albert Horn
William Keiner
Carl Bowers
Cletus Kistler
Tom Mahs
Delmar Hatton
Carl Boyer
Richard Kistler
Carl Riddle
John Kueck
Russell Sorg
Eugene Ruehle
Martha Quaintance
Janis Holmes
Mildred Flanagan
William Fletcher
Dorothy Riedel
Eileen Myers
Margaret Richards
Margaret Rosenberger
Naomi Ley
Mavis Bauman
Ethel Bauman
Leonard Roberts
Erben Kistler
Lois Knight
Eldean Kratzer
Mary Jane Brewer
Harold Zuercher
Harold Raymond
Eleanor Heck
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In obedience to his mother’s wishes
he changed his plans and later be
came a general in the army and the
first president of the United States.
John Quincy Adams until the day
of his death repeated the littk
prayer his mother taught him, “Now
I lay me down to sleep, I pray the
Lord my soul to keep.’’ Lincoln
said, “All I am I owe to my mother.’’
Garfield kissed the brow of his moth
er on the day of his inauguration
and said, “Mother, you have brot
this to me.”
Grant’s Mother
General Grant’s mother went into
a room, at a certain time each day
during the war and prayed for her
son, Ulysses, and he wrote to his
mother from the field every week
during the campaign.
It is certainly fitting that the peo
ple of the nation have seen fit to
designate one day in the year to
commemorate the love of a mother.
The tribute may seem meager in
proportion to the services and sacri
fices made by mother. But it never
theless is appreciated and helps
mothers to feel that they have been
at least partially rewarded for their
years’ of concern.
Jfai/ Tire Quotas
Set For County
Revised schedule of tire, tube and
re-cap quotas for Allen county were
announced Thursday from state ra
tioning administration headquarters.
Allen county’s quota includes:
Passenger cars, 36 tires 680 re
treads and 356 tubes and for trucks
and buses, 128 tires, 204 retreads,
and 177 tubes.
Quotas for other counties in this
area, listed in the order of tires, re
treads and tubes for passenger cars,
follow: Hancock county, 21, 187 and
103 Hardin county, 14, 74 and 44
Putnam county, 13, 64 and 38.
Seniors At Mt. Cory
To Visit Cleveland
Members of the senior class at Mt.
Cory will spend Saturday and Sun
day in Cleveland where t}jey are
planning to see various points of in
terest in that city.
The group is taking the trip as a
class project and they will be ac
companied by James Morrison, class
sponsor, and Miss Isabelle Stewart,
the class sponsor of their sophomore
and junior years.
TIFFIN UNIVERSITY
Member American Association of Jr. Colleges
Member National Association Accredited Commercial Schools
Authorized by Ohio Statutes to confer degrees on Four Year Graduates
A SIXTY DAY EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Better To Save Fat
Than Clog Plumbing
The practice of pour ng bacon
grease or good meat drippings down
the sink is wasteful in addition to
causing trouble with the plumbing.
Grease or drippings can be saved
and used to flavor vegetables or
other foods.
mainly members of the class of ’42, accepted the positions listed, and
early part of March:
Heidelberg College Tiffin
Commercial National Bank Tiffin
Commercial National Bank Tiffin
Garrett & Reed, Ins. Tiffin
U. S. Production Credit Co. Upper Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
American Radiator & S. S. Co. Tiffin
The National Carbon Co. Fremont
The National Carbon Co. Fremont
Shelby Mutual Plate Glass Co. Shelby
Shelby Mutual Plate Glass Co. Shelby
Harrop Engineering Co. Las Vegas, Nevada
The W. H. Kildow Co. Tiffin
The Superior Coach Co. Lima
The Electric Auto Lite Co. Fostoria
The Electric Auto Lite Co. Fostoria
The Basic Dolomite, Inc. Tiffin
The Basic Dolomite, Inc. Tiffin
National Machine Co. Tiffin
National Machine Co. Tiffin
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron
The Electric Auto Lite Co. Fostoria
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Trojan Powder Co. Sandusky
The Herbrand Company Fremont
The National Carbon Co. Fostoria
The Huber Manufacturing Co.
The Ford Motor Company
The Ford Motor Company
The Ford Motor Company
U. S. Civil Service
U. S. Civil Service
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Farm Security .Admin.
The National Carbon Co. Fostoria
The National Carbon Co. Fostoria
The City Loan Co. Fremont
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron
The Lima Locomotive Co. Lima
V. S. Civil Service Port Clinton
Shelby Saleshook Co. Shelby
Three-fourths of the members of the class of ’42, those to be graduated May 29, are already em
ployed. Every member of the class could be placed by the college by May 15. if they so elected. Many of
those in the above list are receiving $1400, $1500, $1600, $1800, $2000, and $2100 per annum. Some of the
young women above listed were placed with the government, and in the offices of national defense plants
at $1500, $1700, and as high as $2200, including time and a half for overtime.
Hundreds or secretarial and accounting positions now open under civil service in government offices,
and in the offices of war production plants, at $1400, $1620, $1800, and as high as $2400 per annum.
Position calls are being received every day.
The summer session of national defense courses will open Monday, June 8, Special opportunity for
those who have had a good basic training in shorthand and typing in high school. Sessions at Tiffin U.
will run continuously for the duration of the war, as government officials request.
Write for copy, national defense, accelerated courses. Address National Defense Division, Tiffin
University, for catalog, and special information.
Saving fats and oils and using
them economically are ways home
makers can help in the war effort.
Home economics specialists at Ohio
State University say that every bit
of surplus fat, unless it has a strong
taste or has been scorched, can be
saved for cooking purposes.
Temperature is important when
cooking with fat. Too much heat
can spoil fat as well as the foods
cooked in it. XV hen fat begins to
smoke, it breaks down chemically
and food cooked in it is hard to di
gest. If fat gets to the smoking
point, it will become rancid quickly.
Fats used for deep-fat frying may
be used a number of times but,
after each use the fat should be
strained through several thicknesses
of cheesecloth and kept in a cool
place.
Beef, pork, lamb, or chicken fat
can be saved and rendered. Grind
or cut the fat in small pieces and
heat in a double boiler. When the
fat is melted, strain and store it.
Keep all fats in a closely covered
container in a dark place away from
strongly flavored foods.
Sometimes rendered fat or other
left-over fats may need clarifying
to remove any objectionable odors,
tastes, or colors. Put the fat in a
pan and melt it with an equal
amount of water. Heat it for a
short time. Keep the temperature
moderate and stir it occasionally,
then let the fat and water cool. The
fat will come to the top and can be
taken off and stored.
Fashion Parade By
College Organization
Sponsored by the Bluffton college
home economics club, the annual
spring fashion parade of the organ
ization will be held at the Ramseyer
chapel Thursday night, May 14, at
8:30 o’clock.
Clothes which are modeled by the
girls of the club are either made by
the students in the college clothing
classes or are purchased by them
during the year.
Miss Betty Keeney, senior from
Penncraft, Pa., will be crowned
“Home Ec” queen in special cere
monies included in the program. The
exhibition is open to the public.
Marion
Dearborn
Dearborn
Dearborn
Dayton
Port Clinton
Akron
Tiffin
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO
The scrap may
est scrap iron dee
the service of a
carload lots for
mills.
Getting in this
that concerns evi
citizen. Farmer
lect their scrap
turn it in to the1
dealer or auto wi
To Appear Here
The Motet Singers, mixed choir
from Goshen, Indiana, which will be
heard in a program of sacred music
at the First Mennonite church, Sun
day night at 8 o’clock.
Members of the choir are business
Farmers Here Asked
To Sell Scrap Iron
Bluffton district
called on to sell
form of junk iroi
lying about the
nation’s steel mil
which are the bac
effort.
farmers are being
scrap iron in the
i and steel pieces
farm to feed the
Is and foundries
kbone of the war
e sold to the near
iler who performs
cumulating it in
shipments to the
The tremendous
scrap iron among
ducers results fi
operations in turr
ships, planes, gu
beat the Axis!
of every ton of
made from scrap
is pig iron.
“appetite” for
these steel pro
em 24-hour-a-day
ling out steel for
ns and tanks to
Ibout 50 per cent
steel produced is
iron—the balance
The Government
tional scrap iron
operating is leav
turned around
cities, towns and
alone, the Governn
idle metal may
1,500,000 to 3,500,DOO
’s search for addi
keep war plants
ing no stone un
industrial plants,
farms. On farms
lent estimates that
run as high as
tons.
rap metal is scat
nyards, sheds and
includes wornout
)-irons off the old
steel buggy tires,
ikes, old cars, old
auto parts, manure
:ence posts, broken
s windmill towers,
scarded fence wire,
i parts.
scraj) now is a job
•ry Victory-minded
are urged to col
piles at once and
nearest scrap iron
ecker. The estab-
The farmer’s sc
tered in the bar:
fence corners—it
plows, rusty straj
three horse hitch,
antiquated hay ri
wheels and axles,
spreaders, metal 1
hand tools, useles
pulleys, binders,
gas engines, punq
Ished scrap dealer performs the serv
ice of sorting the scrap and accumu
lating it into carload lots for ship
ment to the steel mills and foundar
ies. Government spokesmen point
out that there can be nothing gained
by keeping the scrap to sell later,
for the price which can be paid by
dealers has been regulated by the
government which also sets his sell
ing price to permit no more than a
normal profit to scrap collecting
channels.
Troop 56 by Robert Stratton
The treasure hunt planned for
last week was postponed until next
Monday niy- when the troop will
leave for the hunt at 7 o’clock
sharp.
The troop weighed and tied paper
collected last Monday.
A troop leaders’ conference will
be held at the home of John Schmidt
Friday night. Those to be present
at the meeting are Chas. Triplehorn,
Otto Klassen, Harry Minck, Dean
Niswander, Robert Stratton and
Scoutmasters Karl Gable and Paul
Wingate.
The school flag will be lowered
every evening by Gene Patterson
and James Harmon.
Troop 82 by David Stearns
A nature hike was enjoyed by the
troop Monday night. Starting form
the town hall the scouts covered an
area including Big Rock and Sul
pnur Springs.
Plants observed during the hike
were as follows: Burdock, Man
drakes, Arbutus, 'Thistle, Black Eyed
Susan, Golden Rod, Cat Tail, Skunk
Cabbage, Hollyhocks, May Apple.
Birds seen were Red Winged
Blackbird, Crows, Pheasants and
Song Sparrows.
Animals seen were: Frogs, snakes,
rabbits.
An interesting group of horsetails
was found along the road. Assist
ant Scoutmaster Benroth pointed out
that the plant was formerly used as
pencil sharpeners.
FARM BUREAU
INSURANCE
Auto—Fire—Life—Liability
Paul E. Whitmer, Agent
245 XV. Grove St.—Phone 350-W
Bluffton, Ohio
and professional people from Goshen
who sing as an avocation. Two
years ago they won first place in
the Chicago festival, and appeared
here the same season. The choir is
directed by B. F. Hartzler.
High School Is On
Approved Listing
Bluffton High school has been
placed on the list of secondary
schools approved by the North Cen
tral Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools in a recent action of
the organization, according to a
communication received at the school
the first of the week.
Representatives of the accrediting
agency visited the school during the
first semester at which time a re
port was made to the state commit
tee. The final approval is not given,
however, until the annual meeting
of the national association.
Senior Play To Be
Given At Mt. Cory
“One Horrible Night” is the title
of the play to be given by members
of the senior class of Mt. Cory High
school in the school auditorium Fri
day night at 8 o’clock.
Important parts are being played
by Gene Jordan, JoAnn Battles, Hel
en and Richard Hermon, Robert
Haas and Lehr Reese. Robert Powell
is in charge of tickets. The play is
under the supervision of Miss Olive
Obee.
Electric Ranges
Frozen By WPB
Bluffton area residents this week
found domestic electric ranges are
impossible to obtain, the result of
an order from the War Production
board, freezing all present stock.
The freezing order prohibits the
sale of ranges by manfacturers, dis
tributors or retailers. It follows pre
vious instructions to discontinue the
production of electric ranges after
June 1, except to fill high priority
ratings.
College Nine Loses
Two More Contests
Two more setbacks were suffered
last week by Bluffton college’s green
team of baseball recruits, their
fourth and fifth reversals of the
season.
Playing at Bowling Green last
Wednesday, the Beavers lost by a
count of 12 to 5 ar.d against Wil
berforce on the Bluffton diamond
Friday afternoon they went down to
defeat, 14 to 2.
In the Wilberforce contest, Art
Keiser was on the mound the first
seven innings, giving up 11 runs.
Lysle Sommers, who hurled the last
two frames, permitted two more bat
ters to cross the plate.
Keeney’s double was responsible
for the two lone Bluffton runs, and
Guthrie captured hitting honors with
a single, double and triple in five
chances.
College Netters To
Play Here Thursday
With losses in their first three
matches, the Bluffton college tennis
team will play Ohio Northern net
ters here this Thursday.
In the first match of the season
between the two, Ohio Northern won
a 3-2 match decision at Ada.
Other matches the remainder of
the season include Findlay, there,
on May 11 and here on May 15.
Lack of rain during the spring
has favored protecting fruit from
diseases and insects. Most Ohio
orchards had little or no apple scab
up to May 1. Growers have fairly
ample supplies of spray materials,
and applications have not been
washed off by rains.
MUNSON R. BIXEL, M. D.
Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M.
1-3 P. M. 7-8 P. M.
Office, 118 Cherry St.
Phone 120-F Bluffton, O.
D. C. BIXEL, O.D.
GORDON BIXEL, O.D.
Citizens Bank Bldg., Bluffton
EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS
Eyes Exmined Without Drops
Office Hours: 8:30 A. M.—5:30 P. M.
7:30 P. M-—8:30 P. M.
Francis Basingerg D. D. S.
Evan Basinger, D. D. S.
Telephone 271-W
BlulTton, Ohio
Commencement Schedule At Bluffton
Commencement exercises at Bluff
ton college will be climaxed with
graduating exercises at the First
Mennonite church on May 25 at
10 a. m. The commencement season
opens with a student rectal at Ram
seyer chapel on May 22, at 8 p. m.
Dr. Vernon Franklin Schwalm,
President of Manchester College, a
Quaker institution of Manchester,
Ind., will give the commencement
address to thirty-five graduating
seniors, whereas President Lloyd
Ramseyer will deliver the Baccalau
reate address at the Ramseyer
Chapel on Sunday, May 24 at 2:00
p. m.
A full day of events is planned
for Saturday, May 23, the most
colorful event, the crowning of the
May Queen, taking place on that
day at 4:30. Other activities sched
uled throughout the morning, after
noon, and evening include Girl’s and
Men’s Varsity breakfasts, tennis
and baseball games between Varsity
and Alumni, reunions of the classes
of ’22 and of ’32, Pi Delta luncheon,
the Alumni banquet, and presenta
tion of the Shakespearean play, “As
You Like It”.
On Sunday, in addition to the
baccalaureate sermon, there will be
a reception by the president for
seniors, alumni, and friends, follow
ed by the rendition of the “Rose
Maiden” by the Vesper Choir, under
the direction of Prof. R. A. Lantz,
Trouble Spots Ahead
For Perishable Foods
“Ohio fruit and vegetable produ
cers and the agencies that transport
and sell those perishable foods face
a very serious situation that can be
averted only by careful planning by
all the organizations concerned,”
Dean John F. Cunningham told repre
sentatives gathered in Columbus last
week to decide upon methods of har
vesting, handling, and distributing
the 1942 crops.
The chief trouble spots forseen are
labor shortages all along the line,
difficulty in moving the fruit and
vegetables to market, and shortages
of packages and containers. Exten
sion specialists from the University
anticipate a normal or larger than
average supply of fruit and vege
tables this year.
Reports from fruit sections indi
cate that the off-year apple crop in
1942 perhaps will be as large as the
7,500,000 bushel crop harvested in
1941. Fewer peaches will be pro
duced this year in Ohio but the
cherry and grape prospects are
promising.
Some means will be needed to
move about 300,000 tons of tomatoes
to add new attractiveness
to your living room
An unusual suite of outstanding style and
beauty, richly carved frames, modern in design,
yet not extreme. See it today!
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1942
College To Be Climaxed On May 25
at the First Mennonite Church at
6:00 p. m.
A number of persons have been
chosen to assist at the coronation of
Miss Tschantz as Queen of the May.
Besides Miss Margaret Berky, maid
of honor, Keith Plank and Dale
Good, trumpeteers, will herald the
festivities, and Wanda Suter and
Donna Hartzler will act as pages
preceding the cortege. Master
Ronnie Blosser will be the crown
bearer, Sue Risser and Master Billy
Ramseyer will be train-bearers, and
flower children will be Misses Anita
Klassen, Karla Schultz, and Shirley
Henderson, and Masters Bruce Trip
lett, Bret Triplett, Michael Kennedy,
and Wilbur Linschield.
Leland Lehman will act as the
herald and Ruth Zuiderhoek will be
pianist. Dancers, directed by Mary
Alice Howe and Jeanne Baumgart
ner, will be: Treva Errants, Phyl
Bachman, Roxanna Eaton, Virginia
Hadsell, Nancy Mayberry, Martha
Snyder, Lois Sommers, Betty Stein
man, Richard Berky, George Bohrer,
Ernst Harder, Bill Keeney, Austin
Rhoades, Fred Soldner, Lyle Som
mer, and Bob Swartley.
Senior girls attending the queen
are: Evelyn Hilty, Lee Boyer, Mar
garet Olivet, Thelma Dailey, Ruth
Henderson, Lucille Steiner, Pauline
Sprunger, Betty Keeney, Frances
Ramseyer, Marcile Steiner, and
Dorothy Burner.
for the fresh vegetable trade and
another 200,000 or more tons to can
neries. Most of the cannery toma
toes are delivered by farmers, but
commercial truckers have transport
ed most of the other tomatoes and
most of the other fresh vegetables.
An unpredictable factor in the pic
ture is the truck situation, which is
complicated by tire rationing and by
the disappearance of truck drivers
into other lines of work. High pay
in industry has attracted both truck
drivers and men who formerly were
available in producing and harvest
ing fruits and vegetables.
Commissions Open
To College Students
Commissions in the Navy are
available for college students who
enlist under Class V-5 or Class V-7
accredited college programs.
Students indicating a desire for
future V-5 status become eligible to
take civilian pilot training during
the freshman or sophomore year.
Complete details are available at
any navy recruiting office, the near
est of which is in the post office
building at Lima.
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