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Ministers' Conference
During Bible Lectures
In connection with the Bluffton
College Bible lectures a two days
ministers’ conference will be held at
the Mosiman room of Musselman li
brary on November 11 and 12.
General topics relating to the work
of the ministry will be dealt with.
Speakers will be Rev. W. H. Thomp
son of the Ohio Council of Churches,
who will speak on Nov. 12 and Rev.
R. S. Tuck of Wooster who will talk
on November 11.
Six Go To Civilian
Public Service Camps
Six conscientious objectors left
this week for civilian public service
camps, it is announced by Allen
County Draft Board No. 3.
Leaving for the camp at Luray,
Va., Tuesday were Harvey Winkler
and Darvin Ray Luginbuhl of Bluff
ton.
Those leaving Wednesday for the
camp at Lagro, Ind., were J. Cabel
Montgomery, Elida William Henry
Guthrie, Lafayette, and Muri Leroy
Miller and Clyde Waldo Richards,
Lima.
Bluffton Soldier Is
Leader Of Platoon
After only 16 days in the United
States Marine camp at Paris Island,
S. C., Pvt. Edward Schultz, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Schultz of Kibler
street, was named leader of the
platoon serving as honor guard for
a British general inspecting the
camp.
.The platoon was made up entirely
of new marines and they had only
12 days of training under the direc
tion of Pvt .Schultz. At the inspec
tion they were all in line and were
praised for presenting an orderly
appearance.
The British general is a com
manding officer in the Royal Ma
rines and arrived at the camp by
plane, ^^.^r***
F. $. HERR, Agent
Phone 363-W
Buy War Savings Bonds jnd
Stamps and Keep ’em Flying.
TOP COATS
with snap and style
for brisk fall days
WARM—LIGHT WEIGHT
ALL WOOL
$18.50
$22.50
$27.50
Important Rationing
certificates for Men’s
Rubber footwear may
be obtained here.
Steiner & Baser
Open Wednesday Nights
k.
Dead Snake Trap ,__
African natives nail a poisonous
snake by the tail to a tree alopg
an animal trail and wait nearby
for results. An animal poisoned by
the snake is soon taken.
INSURANCE
Looking ahead now will
save you much worry and
expense later on. Let this
experienced agency check
your insurance needs and
recommend PROPER IN
SURANCE PROTECTION.
Musicians
Sugar Rationing
Creates Demand For
Sorghum Molasses
Too Wet
The growing season was much too
wet to produce cane with a high
content of sugar. Cane requires a
wet spring and dry summer to pro
duce high sugar content. The pres
ent cane produces sorghum of as
high a quality but requires consid
erably more boiling of the juice.
The Sykora trio, an ensemble of artists, to be presented as the
first number in the Bluffton college music series at the Ramseyer
chapel Tuesday night at 8:30 o’clock. 51
The leader. Prank Syeora. is a famous Russian musician who was
assistant bandmaster in the Second Regiment of the Imperial Siberian
Sharpshooters when only 11 years of age.
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of the gadgets employed in most in
dustrial plants in this field,
Sugar Substitute
Sorghum is being substituted ex
tensively for sugar—both for baking
and table use—and many households
are discovering anew the possibili
ties of this delectable sweet pro
cessed every fall in their own neigh
borhood.
Although demand for the product
has set a pew high mark this fall,
the growing season this year was
such that the cane produced less of
the finished product than at any time
since the mill has been in operation,
Miller stated.
Miller has been operating the
press for the past 32 seasons hav
ing started it in 1909 when he rent
ed the mill from the late John Am
stutz. Several years later he pur
chased the business and the farm..
The house on the farm was built
83 years ago by Ulrich Amstutz,
father of ^ohn Amstutz
A growing season like the past
summer considerably increases the
overhead cost of production, Mr. Mil
ler stated.
The demand for the product is
considerably greater than the supply.
Most of the work at the mill is cus
tom work for farmers in a 30 or 40
mile area who bring in their cane
to be reduced to sorghum. There
are 400 regular customers who bring
in their cane yearly to have it con
verted into molasses.
Wide Reputation
Through the years many people
have become acquainted with the
quality product of the firm and pur
chase quantities of it for home use.
To take care of the retail business
Miller annually plants several acres
of cane. This year, with farm labor
scarce, he planted only two acres. A
large amount of labor is required to
raise the cane and get it into condi
tion to feed into the press.
Six men are employed on the day
shift and probably the same number
will work on the night shift which
starts this Wednesday night. Em
ployed on the day shift are Chris
Schnegg, chief engineer Jacob
Schnegg, Jacob Beer, Richard Rus
misel, Rev. P. J. Boehr and Susan
Welty, bookkeeper.
The cane is prepared by stripping
the leaves and topping the stalk. It
is then stacked and brought to the
mill usually in wagons where it is
fed into the presses. The sap is
passed through a straw strainer and
then pumped into a trough.
Skill Required
In the first boiling trough the
scum is removed and then the liquid
goes to the finishing trough where
it is boiled down to the proper con
sistency. In this operation Chris
Schnegg, veteran employe, knows the
exact moment when to place the mo
lasses into the cooling trough. Some
of the larger firms haxe expensive
temperature and consistency measur
ing equipment but many decades of
experience have enabled the workers
in the Miller firm to know just when
to change operations.
Normally 50 gallons of juice will
produce eight to nine gallons of
molasses. This is due to the low
sugar content of the cane, Miller
said.
Trucked In
A small auto trailer load of cane
will produce juice to fill a 50 gallon
barrel. Much of the cane is brought
to the mill in large truckloads, how
ever, it was stated.
The mill is still operated in the
building constructed by John U. Am
stutz, who operated it several years
before Miller first rented it from
him. Most of the equipment has
been constructed by Miller himself
who also rebuilds the troughs when
replacements are demanded.
The product has become so well
known that demands have come in
from other states, Recent orders
have been filled for Pennsylvania and
Indiana establishments.
Use
for Pressed Cane
W’hen the cane is run through the
press it is taken to the fields to dry
and until recently has been burned.
Agricultural research is trying to
find use for the pressed cane and it
is likely that there will be a demand
for it in the near future, according
to governmental reports, it was
stated.
Cane grows best on dry clay and
is planted very similarly to corn.
Most farmers drill the seed into the
ground about 15 inches apart with
the rows about 32 inches wide. It
usually matures the first week in
September a,t which time the mill
starts in operation for a season
which lasts several weeks.
With the season so short, opera
tion of the mill requires intensive
work all concentrated within a few
weeks.
Granted Leave From
Bluffton College
Rollin Moser, field secretary at
Bluffton college, has been granted a
leave of absence by the college in
order that he might assist his father,
who is in failing health, in work at
the farm near Dalton.
His call by selective service is im
minent and he will work on the farm
until called to camp. Moser has
been field secretary of the college
for the past two years. No appoint
ment has been made by the college
to fill the position.
Where Our Soldier
Boys Are
Pvt. Frederick Reichenbach, 35327092
Co. E, 36 AIR
A. P. O. 2537, c/o Postmaster
Rice, California
Pvt. James L. Moser
11th General Hospital,
Camp Livingston, La.
Pvt. Ray D. Holcomb
Batt. C, 174th F. A. Regt.
Camp Bowie, Texas
Pvt. Melvin Nusbau
Co. B, 64th Bn.,
Camp Wolters, Texas
Walter (Red) Stannus, A. S.
Co. 1187, Baks. 808 W.,
2nd Batt., 8th Reg., U. S. N. T. S.
Great Lakes, Ill.
Sgt. Bob Schaublin
Athletic Dept. A. A. F. T. D.—B. S. A.
Oakland Airport,
Oakland, Calif.
Corp. Elmer E. Burkholder, Jr.
Dollar Hotel,
1077 W. Market street,
Akron, Ohio
Pvt. James W. Ben ruth,
A. S. N. 35325372
1st Ferrying Group, 13th Squadron,
A. P. O. 886, c/o Postmaster
New York, New York
Watch the moisture content of soy
beans going into storage. A lot of
cracked or split beans in the crop
increases the probability of the beans
heating while being held for market.
Running the soy beans over a fan
ning mill on a warm, dry day will
take out some moisture and will re
move broken beans.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON. OHIO
Columbus First Sighted Land
In New World on October
12, 1192
Died a Sad and Broken-hearted
Man in 1506 Contract
Broken
With the country at war, patriotic
Americans are giving attention to
the explorer who discovered the land
we are now fighting to defend—
Christopher Columbus—and will cel
ebrate* the date of his discovery of
the New World on Monday.
Every schoolboy is familiar with
the details of the journey across the
unexplored ocean in which Columbus
first sighted land in the Bahama
Islands group on October 12, 1492.
After many disappointing delays
and postponements of decisions he
was finally able to convince Queen
Isabella of Spain that an expedition
to the new world would be fruitful
to the mother country.
Columbus' Contract
It is not generally known but Co
lumbus drove a sharp bargain with
the queen. He and his heirs were to
have forever the title of admiral of
all lands and continents that might
be discovered he was to be viceroy
and governor and he was also to
have one-tenth of all pearls, precious
stones, gold and silver that might
be found in the new lands.
On August 3, 1492, Columbus set
sail from Spain with 120 men on
three ships, the Santa Maria, the
Nina and the Pinta. The largest of
the ships measured only 63 feet in
length, a marked contrast to the
huge vessels of modern times.
Slightly more than three months
later Columbus sighted the land and
called the island San Salvador. From
it he sailed from island to island
and at length came to Cuba. Here
Nation To Celebrate Columbus Day On
Anniversary Of Discovery Monday
Bluffton Co
Rollin Moser, field secretary, has
been granted a leave of absence
from the college for the duration of
the war. He returned to his home
in Dalton, O., where he will help
on his father’s farm until such time
as he is cal^M by Selective Service.
No appointment has yet been made
to the posi^^c which he has left.
J. W. Logahbill, assistant profes
sor of psychology and dean of men
and business manager and treasurer
of the college for the past four
years, has been confined to his
apartment and most of the time to
his bed with a serious illness since
early in August.
The Choral society met for its
first rehearsal of Handel’s Messiah,
Tuesday evening. Presentation of
Bluffton High
New members taken into the Girl
Reserves club will be inducted into the
club in special installation services
to be held this Wednesday night at
7:30 o’clock. Arrangemetns are un
der the direction of Mary Ellen Lug
inbuhl, president and Barbara Jean
Triplett, program chairman.
A series of soft ball games is be
ing planned by the Girl’s Athletic
Association. Officers are: Dorothy
Anderson, Pres. Doris Dunifon, vice
president Madeline McCune, sec
retary.
Members are:
Florence Ann Hofer, Claire Reagan,
Ellen Basinger, Eileen Moser, Jackie
Burns, Margaret Griffith, Janet Stein-
Guard Now Against
Automobile Fires
Precautions against automobile fire
play a role of increased importance
in these days of national emergency.
The fact that few new passenger
automobiles and light trucks will be
available for the duration of the
emergency plus the tire and gasoline
shortages makes it important for
owners and drivers to prepare for
the danger of fire.
Records show that in normal times
more than half a million vehicles are
destroyed by fire each year.
Rules that may help in preventing
automobile fires have been listed as
follows:
Keep all motor vehicles in good
mechanical condition.
Have ignition and lighting systems
and connections checked by your
garageman.
Make sure that fuel lines and con
nections are tight and that there is
no leak in the gasoline tank.
Keep the motor clean.
Keep a fire extinguisher in your
car and be sure it is charged, ready
for use
If you smoke while driving put
out your cigars and cigarettes by
placing them in the ash receiver in
your dashboard.
he journeyed into the interior but
not far enough to see that it was
an island. He thought it was a part
of the mainland of Asia.
Court Honors
On January 4, 1493, he started
back to Spain leaving 40 men at
Haiti. He was received with high
est honors at the court which was
astonished at the gold, the many
specimens of products and the In
dians which Columbus displayed to
the people present.
When he proposed a second expedi
tion he had no trouble in getting the
necessary funds or ships. On Sep
tember 25, 1493, Columbus set out
on his second voyage to the west.
On visiting the harbor where he had
left the 40 men he found the fort
deserted, the garrison having been
murdered by the natives.
Columbus attempted V) set up a
form of government in the new colo
nies but was not very successful and
in 1496 again returned to Spain.
Two years later he embarked on his
third voyage and on reaching Santo
Domingo he found trouble every
where. The colonists had rebelled
and he was unable to restore order.
Placed in Irons
By order of the Spanish court a
new governor was sent and Colum
bus was placed in irons without
trial and sent back to Spain. The
sight of the Admiral in chains
caused* a reaction in his favor and
he was soon released.
In May, 1502, he set out on his
fourth and last voyage, this time to
seek a passage to the real east. He
tried to plant a colony on one of the
West Indies islands but after a few
weeks the colonists were dishearten
ed and would stay no longer.
After many trials, dangers and
disasters he was forced to return
home. Within a few weeks Queen
Isabella died and Columbus pleaded
in vain for the king to grant him
the rights that belonged to him.
He died a sad and destitute man
on May 20, 1506
lege Notes
the oratorio will take place Sunday
afternoon, December 20, with Mrs.
Hardin VanDeursen of Ann Arbor,
Mich., soprano Mrs. Roy Ramseyer
of Bloomington, Illinois, contralto
Mr. Russell Horton of Hollywood,
California, tenor and Mr. Hardin
VanDeursen from the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., bari
tone, as soloists.
Sixty-nine- students have been ad
mitted to the Vesper choir for this
school year. Selections were made
by Russell A. Lantz, director of the
choir. The first appearance will be
Sunday afternoon, at the college
Vesper service.
Miss Brigitte Schneider, refugee
student spoke to members of the
Mennonite Women’s Missionary so
ciety last Thursday afternoon.
School Notes
er, Dorothy Dunbar, Genevieve Buh
ler, Roberta Wenger, Florence Ann
Biome, Mary Gene Siefield.
Jane Howe, Janice Hankish, Ann
McGinnis, Mary Louise Dean, Alice
Santschi, Mary Jane Worthington,
Joan Buckland, Eileen Weinhold, Dor
othy Burkholder, Louise Soldner,
Mary Lou Schmidt.
The Bluffton public schools are co
operating in the National Salvage
program this week. A school salvage
depot has been established at both
the grade and high school buildings.
Harry Barnes and Haydn Steiner are
in charge at the high school and Rob
ert Ewing is in charge at the grade
school building.
Bluffton Has Tire
Inspection Station
Procedure in inspecting tires be
fore making application either for
retreads or new tires was changed
last week by the Allen county tire
price and rationing board.
Previously there have been a num
ber of inspection stations in the
county, but a new setup, authorized
last week, limits the number to 10.
Eight of the inspection stations are
in Lima, one in Bluffton and one in
Delphos.
Bluffton’s inspection center is at
the Stauffer Pure Oil station, oper
ated by Howard M. Stauffer.
Under the new procedure each of
ficial inspector must remove the tire
from the wheel and inspect it care
fully, using a spreader. The old
“look and guess” method is elimin
ated.
Inspectors last week also fixed a
uniform charge schedule, which is
permitted by the Office of Price Ad
ministration. For passenger car
tires a charge of 50 cents will be
made small truck tires 75 cental
and large truck tires, $1.00.
The black stem sawfly infested
wheat in northeastern Ohio now has
decreased to insignificant numbers.
Bible Lecturer
W. W. Adams, professor of
Testament at the Eastern
Baptist Theological seminary, who
will be the speaker at the annual
Bluffton college Bible lectures to be
held Nov. 8 to 13.
Couple To Observe
Golden Wedding
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to 5 o’clock in the afternoon and
from 7 to 9 o’clock in the evening.
Friends are invited to call during
those hours.
Although widely scattered, nearly
all of the couple’s children and
grandchildren are expected to be
home for the occasion and enjoy a
family dinner at the noon hour.
The couple was married at Deca
tur, Ind., by Rev. Henry Vitz. Be
fore her marriage Mrs. Burkholder
was Miss Aldin Neuenschwander,
daughter of Christian and Anna
Neuenschwander of near Berne, Ind.
She was born December 21, 1870.
Mr. Burkholder was born on April
24, 1866, at Pandora, the son of
John C. and Mary Burkholder. The
couple moved to the Amos Moser
farm where they lived for one year
and for the past 49 years have been
living at their present location.
Mr. and Mrs. Burkholder are both
faithful attendants of the Ebenezer
Mennonite church.
Ten Children
Ten children were born to this
union, all of whom are married.
There are 32 grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
The descendants are as follows:
Viola, married to Calvin Basinger
of Valparaiso, Ind. Their children
are Myron Basinger of Seattle,
Wash. Mrs. Con Hamilton of New
Orleans, Pa. Gladys Basinger of
Lafayette, Ind. Dr. and Mrs. Ham
ilton have a daughter, Patricia, the
only great-grandchild of Mr. and
Mrs. Burkholder.
Quinten Burkholder of Bluffton.
Children are Margaret, Dorothy and
Harry.
Eunice, married to Peter Lehman
of Bluffton. Their children are
Wilma, Wilmer, Adah, Ruby, Wanda,
Lois, Evan, Wade and Margery.
Mabel .married to gid Garmatter
of Bluffton. Their children are
Mary Jane, Maurice, Leland, Rachel.
Lydia, married to Donald Voor
hies of Woodburn, Ind. Their child­
introducing two
THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 19
ren are Betty Jean, Junior, Barbara|
Lonnie and Muri.
Wilma, married to Rev. Emersoi.
Slotterback of Altoona, Pa. Their
children are Mary Lois and Marvinl
Stella, married to Reese Huber ofl
Bluffton.
Russell Burkholder of Woodburn,
Ind. Children aie Patricia and Shir
ley.
Telsa married to Albert Diller of
Bluffton. Children are Janice and
Marvin
Rev. Harold Burkholder, Quaker
town, Pa. Children are Anne Eliza
beth and John.
Mr. Burkholder, has five brothers,
Frank, Pete and* Sam of Bluffton
Enos and Dave of Lima. Mrs.
Burkholder has three brothers: Cleo
Neuenschwander of Pandora Dan
Neuenschwander of Bluffton Jeff
Neuenschwander of Woodburn, Ind.
two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Florey of
Gate, Okla. Mrs. Anna Gilliom.
of Bluffton, Indiana.
Bible Lectures To
Be Given Nov. 8-13
Dr. W. W. Adams, professor of
New Testament at Eastern Baptist
Theological seminary, will be the
speaker at the annual Bluffton col
lege Bible lectures to be given here
November 8 to 13.
The public is invited to the even
ing lectures to be held at the First
Mennonite church. The speaker will
address the college students in morn
ing lectures at Ramseyer chapel.
The general theme of the lectures
will be “The Christian Life: Its Mo
tive Power and Expressional Activ
ity.”
Rawson Doctor Closes
Office Goes To Army
Dr. Weldon E. Diller, Rawson phy
sician and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Diller of this place, closed his office
Monday night preparatory to enter
ing army medical service.
He will leave Friday for El Paso,
Texas, to receive a commission as
First Lieutenant in the medical corps
of a cavalry unit at Ft. Bliss.
His wifea nd family will remain
in Rawson. 4 5
a*.
All poultrymen should count their
chickens and measure the laying
house. Culling the flock so each Lego
horn left will have at least three
square feet of house room saves a
lot of trouble. w
MUNSON R. BIXEL, M. D.
Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M.
1-3 P. M. 7-8 P. M.
Office, 118 Cherry St.
"Colonial Americans"
Phone 120-F Bluffton. O.
D. C. BIXEL, O. D.
GORDON BIXEL, O.D.
Citizens Rank Bide., Bluffton
EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS
Office Hours: 8:30 A. M—5:30 P. M.
7:30 P. M.—8:30 P. M.
Closed Thursday Afternoon & Evening-.
Francis Basinger, D. D. S.
Evan Basinger, D. D. S.
Telephone 271-W
Bluffton, Ohio
by Hoitoria
We are pleased to announce a new shipment of
Colonial American patterns in Fostoria’s attractive
glassware.
The Colonial American patterns are especially
desirable at this time when events are emphasizing
American ideals and genius.
In recreating this traditional pattern, Fostoria
has brought out the very best in early American
glassmaking.
Fostoria’s “American” is an open stock pattern:
available in a complete assortment for every table
service. Luxurious crystal—but durable and inex
pensive.
Our “American” panorama is new on display.
Its sparkle will delight you ... its variety will please
you the very low price will surprise you.
Basinger’s Furniture Store