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Opening of the Ienten season, in
preparation for Easter, began this
Wednesday in an observance known
in the religious world as Ash Wed
nesday.
The Lenten period is a fast of 40
week days observed by the Roman
Catholic church and many of the
Protestant denominations. It was
not until 840 that the date was fixed
for the fast to start on Ash Wed
nesday and to continue through Holy
Saturday.
The name Ash Wednesday has a
general reference to the penitential
sackcloth and ashes so frequently
spoken of in the Old Testament. In
the Roman church there is a rite ob
served on this day in which the
priest places ashes on the forehead
of the communicants as they kneel
at the altar rail.
As he does this he says, "Memento,
homo, quia pulvis es, et in pilferem
reverteris” (Remember, man thou
art dust, and unto dust thou shalt
return). The ashes are obtained by
burning palm branches consecrated
in the church on the Palm Sunday
of the year previous.
The News presents another in
the series of important but less
er known aspects of South
Americ.—Editor.
A hundred miles at sea, passeng
ers sailing along the coast of Brazil
are surprised at the change in the
color of the water. No land is vis
ible, but it is obvious that something
has occurred to alter the water from
the dark, clear blue of the ocean to
a dull, turgid yellow. The ship is
passing the mouth of the Amazon,
that mighty stream that brings from
the continent of South America a
volume of water and a mass of silt
and sand which is reflected in the
sea a hundred miles and more from
shore.
Lenten Season In Preparation For
Easter Begins This Ash Wednesday
Mighty Amazon Of South America
Is One Of World’s Largest Rivers
Majestic indeed is the Amazon.
Flowing in an easterly direction
across northern Brazil, and with its
tentacles represented by innumerable
tributaries extending northward into
Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador,
and southward into the heart of the
Continent, the Amazon basin em
braces an area of 2,772,000 square
miles. Which simply means that if
this mighty river system were in the
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Gradually it came to be the cus
tom of friends and relatives to mani
fest their humility by joining the
penitents, expressing a similar con
trition in their outward guise and
offering their foreheads for the ashes.
In time the number grew so large
that it was made necessary to ad
minister the ashes to the whole con
gregation in a single rite, the form
used at the present time.
Ash Wednesday was not always
included within the Lenten period.
In the fifth and sixth centuries Lent
began with the succeeding Sunday
and lasted six weeks. Omitting Sun
day this would be 36 days. The ad
dition of four days to this period
makes the fast exactly 40 days in
duration and therefore accords with
the fast of Jesus as well as the
fasts of Moses and Elias.
The use of ashes in the ceremony
has generally been discontinued since
the reformation. The entire Chris
tian world, however, starts the Len
ten celebration on this Ash Wednes
day even though the form of the
celebration varies in the different re
ligious groups.
United States virtually every part
of the country would be drained by
the Amazon or one of its branches.
The source of the main stream is
in the Andes Mountains of Peru
within 60 miles of the Pacific Ocean.
The river itself, therefore, almost
provides a natural waterway across
one of the wildest parts of the Con
tinent. For 3,900 miles it flows until
it enters the Atlantic at Para. At
its mouth the Amazon is 60 miles
wide, and 2,000 miles inland it still
has a width of a mile and a half.
The unusual depth of the river,
averaging 75 to 150 feet, makes pos
sible the ascent of ocean going ves
sels of Iquitos, 2,300 miles from the
Atlantic.
Virtually paralleling the equator,
the Amazon is in a region of heavy
rainfall, amounting in some places
to more than 100 inches a year. Not
surprising is it, therefore, that it
should pour water into the Atlantic
at an estimated rate of 5,000,000 ga
lons per second. This combination
of heat and moisture results in a
tropical vegetation so dense, twisted
and matted as to be almost impas
sable. In the Amazon man is en
gaged in a constant struggle to keep
ahead of nature.
No less interesting than its phy
I sical features is the history of this
mighty stream. Discovered in 1500
by the Portugese navigator, Vocente
Yanez Pinzon, it was first traversed
by Francisco Orellana ,who left
Quito, Ecuador in 1539, and after
crossing the mountains, descending
ed the river and reached the Atlantic
on August 26, 1541.
Expeditions from the United States
also have explored the Amazon basin.
One of the earliest of these was that
underktaen in 1851 by Lieut. Lard
ner Gibbon and I4eut. William L.
Herndon. Starting at Lima, Peru,
on the Pacific, the two explorers
crossed the Andes and then followed
different routes, Herndon proceeding
down the Huallaga river until it
joined the Maranon and the Amazon,
and Gibbon going through southern
Peru and Bolivia and descending to
the Amazon by way of the Maniore
and Madeira rivers.
Today the Amazon basin is again
the center of interest and activity.
Economists, engineers and doctors
are seeking to overcome the natural
barriers and to realize some of the
great potenial wealth of this vast
area. These possibilities were recog
nized nearly a hundred years ago by
Herndon who, perhaps without fully
appreciating the physical obstacles
that had to be overcome before they
could be capitalized, described them
in these words:
‘‘Its industrial future is the most
dazzling and to the touch of steam,
settlement, and cultivation, this roll
ing stream and its magnificent water
shed would start up into a display
of industrial results that would in
dicate the Valley of the Amazon as
one of the most enchanting regions
on the face of the earth.”
Perhaps the scientist of the 20th
century will bring to reality the
prophecy of the explorer of the
nineteenth.
“It Tafces Both”
It takes an Isbell and a Hutson ...
a Sammy Baugh and a Dick Todd to
form a forward pass combination. It
takes both War Bonds and Taxes
to provide tho necessary finances to
win th’s war—a war for freedom and
humanity. Are you c’oing your part?
In cities and towns throughout
the U. S., 3,000.000 Red Cross
volunteers are contributing to
the Nation’s war effort. Upper
left, a Red Cross Motor Corps
member adjusts the engine of
her car. Right, complete con
fidence in this nurse’s aide is
registered by the infant she
holds. Below. women like
these last year produced
520.000.000 surgical dressings
for the armed forces.
Editor’s Note:
Observation of a few simple rules
in the care of the family gas range
w/11 prolong its life for the duration
and likely for a long time after
that, it was indicated in a report
made public by
ment specialists
university.
the home manage
from Ohio State
Do’s and Don’ts
The following
have been suggested as important
for the conservation and maintenance
of the efficiency of the gas range.
DO
1. Keep all burners adjusted to
keep a clear, blue flame, well defined
and distinct in outline. Burner ad
justment is made by regulating the
air shutter and the gas input valve
together. Adjustments for oven and
broiler burners should be made by
gas utility man.
2. Be sure that all burners after
being turned on are properly lighted.
3. Keep air compartment, mixing
tubes, and burners on gas range
clean. If ports are clogged, clean
with stiff brush or free obstructions
by inserting small wire in port open
ing. If burners are washed be sure
to dry them thoroughly before re
placing. Avoid drying them over
direct heat, especially
made of aluminum or
porcelain enamel.
4. Be sure all parts
properly and screws and bolts are
tight.
5. Have flue opening connected by
pipe to outside ventilation, especially
if range is installed in small kitchen.
6. Allow
which become excessively hot,
cool
tom
and
ive.
7.
if parts are
finished with
ate replaced
oven, or other parts
to
before washing. Keep oven bot
and lining clean. Use mild soap
water with non-scratchy abras-
pan, if broiler
the oven is in
Remove broiler
is below oven, when
use.
8.
just
oven
9. Replace correctly all parts which
are removable. Keep all screws and
bolts,
10.
when
11.
clean,
plications of stove oil.
12. Use utensils that fit the burn
er, or adjust the flame height and
size to suit the utensi).
13. Use retained heat in oven as
much as possible.
14. Leave the oven door open for
relight and ad-
Find out how to
pilot lighters for surface and
burners.
where used, tight.
Be sure burners are turned off
putting burner cover in place.
Keep unfinished metal surfaces
Avoid rusting by periodic ap-
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO
Volunteer Army, 3,000,000 Strong
Formation Of Community Recreation
Organization Being Considered Here
Bluffton will have an organized
community recreation hall for the
benefit of workers here, if plans be
ing considered at the present time by
several community organizations ma
terialize, it was indicated this week.
Due to expansion of industrial em
ployment because of war business
there has been a large influx of
workers into the community with
little opportunities for recreational
activity, it was explained.
According to preliminary plans
one night will be set aside for re
creational activity which will con-
Hints For Maintaining Your Gas
Range At Top Operating Efficiency
This is the
sixth in a series of articles giv
ing information designed to pro
long
hold
ture
ated
the life of various house
appliances whose manufac
has been practically elimin
by the war.
V-
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sist of archery, table tennis, badmin
ton, shuffle board and other types of
activity.
The organizations will sponsor
the activities and will also fur
nish leadership for the activities if
sufficient interest is shown,
ery is
men’s
shown
stated.
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Serves Nation Through Red Cross
Arch-
an activity in which Sports
clubs in other cities have
a marked interest, it was
All people who would be interested
in this type of recreational program
are requested to communicate with
any of the directors of the club.
a few minutes after using, to per
mit the unburned gas
left in burners from
in oven.
15. Plan to cook as
the oven as possible at one time.
16. Wash the flue
sodium phosphate or
solution, as this cuts
posit and is safe to
surfaces.
17. Keep the contents of compart
ments and drawers orderly to avoid
harm to utensils, and other kitchen
equipment stored there.
DON’T
1. Don’t pi rmit gas burning equip
ment to be in a draft.
2. Don’t purchase so-called gas
saving devices. If there were any
merit in these devices they would
have been developed by the manufac
turer and approved by the American
Gas Association. They are likely to
lessen efficiency and present hazard
ous conditions.
3. Don’t boil aluminum or porce
lain enamel burners in washing or
baking soda water.
4. Don’t wash in water any sec
tioned part of gas range which is in
two pieces, in which water
likely be hard to remove,
remaining between surfaces
cause rusting.
5. Don’t drag skillets or
heavy utensils from burner to top
surface. This will mar the porcelain
enamel surface. If surface is need
ed for working space, protect it with
an asbestos pad.
6. Don’t put heavy things on oven
door. The door may become warped,
with a resultant loss of heat.
7. Don’t "peek” in oven unneces
sarily.
8. Don’t use a higher heat than is
needed for the particular cooking
job.
9. Don’t place excessively
things on stove top or grids.
10. Don’t turn gas on
pipe with tri
washing soda
the grease de
use on plated
would
Water
might
other
heavy
before
utensil is ready to be set on grid
and burner. It is wasteful of fuel
to light burners before food is ready.
11. Don’t force oven racks. If
they are hard to replace check to see
if oven lining is put in correctly.
12. Don’t put up with an oven
control which is not regulated prop
erly. Check the oven temperature
with a reliable oven thermometer
and compare with thermostat dial
setting. If there is considerable dif
ference between the two readings
have the controls adjusted by gas
utility service man.
13. Don’t use too high flame or
place meat too close to flame while
broiling. Grease spattering results,
which makes cleaning problems more
difficult.
14. Don’t use the oven burner for
i z-
Completes Basic
Training In WAACS
ministrativc School.
and moisture
accumulating
much food in
Marvin Hilty Is
Airplane Mechanic
Pvt.
any burner, especially
burner.
16. Don’t cook foods in
sive amount of water.
enough water to properly cook the I Training station, Great Lakes, Ill.
food and keep it from sticking. After his graduation he will be as
signed to active duty at sea or at
a shore station.
Marvin W. Hity, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Hilty of
this place,
has graduated from an intensive
course in airplane mechanics and
now is prepared to blast the Axis.
Army Air Base, near Lincoln, Ne
braska, is one of the many schools
in the Army Air Forces Technical
Training Command which trains the
technicians who maintain our fighter
planes in perfect combat condition.
He is now a full fledged airplane
mechanic eligible for promotion.
Before entering the school, he was
trained at one of the basic training
centers of the Air Forces Technical
Training Command ’and learned to
fight the Axis w-ith other things be
sides the tools of his trade. Men
trained by the Command are versed
in the art of protection and offense
as well as repair.
Many Motorists Here
Seek Tire Retreads
Bluffton motorists are taking ad
vantage of the lifting of the ban on
tire re-treads, it was indicated here
this week by Howard Stauffer, pro
prietor of the Pure-Oil Service Sta
tion.
For the past several weeks the re
treading forms have been kept busy
constantly, unable to meet the de
mand for the re-treads. It is ex
pected that the rush will ease with
in a week and everyone will be
served, Stauffer stated.
For about a year tire re-caps and
re-treads have been rationed only to
those whose cars were considered
vital and essential for war work,
under an order from War Production
Board.
The recent drive for re-claimed
rubber has made camel-back rubber
available in quantities sufficient to
allow all motorists to have re-treads
providing the carcass is in good con
dition but with a worn tread.
March, Month Of Boisterous Weather,
With the world at war and the
first ten days of weather most bois
terous, the name March for this
month proves to be doubly appro
priate this year. The month, gen
eraly with rough and boisterous
weather, is named after the war
god Mars.
Legend has it that Mars was the
son of Jupiter and Juno, the king
and queen of the gods, and was gen
erally represented in a shining suit
of armor, with a plumed helmet on
his head, a spear in one hand and
a shield in the other.
His chariot was driven by the
goddess of war, Bellona, who also
watched over his sofety in battles
which were constantly raging on the
earth. During the great fight be
tween the gods and giants to decide
who was to rule the world, Mars was
captured by two of the giants who
bound him day and night, the legend
account indicates.
After a year of captivity he was
freed by the clever god Mercury who
succeeded in loosening the chains so
silently that the giants heard no
sound.
Mars was loved by Venus, the god
of beauty, but wishing to keep their
love a secret from the other gods,
they met only during the night and
Mars appointed his servant Alectry-
Peter Schmidt In
Navy Training Unit
I Peter Schmidt, 20, son of Mrs.
I Anna Schmidt, of South Jackson
________________________________ I street, was selected through aptitude
I tests to attend the new Naval rain
room heating unless absolutely ne-| jng sc^oq] for diesel operaors at the
cessary. Such continuous and in-l University of Illinois.
tense heat may warp the oven but-I After completing the intensive
tom, which results in uneven baking.I ejght-weeks course in diesel engin
The protective finish wears off, thusl eerjng, mathematics, electrical tie
making the cleaning problem morel ory, ant] diesel operation, he will be
difficult. ... I eligible for the petty officer’s rating
15. Dont be careless in lighting I of motor machinist’s mate, second
the ovenl clags
I Schmidt joined the Navy last No*
an exces-l Vember 25, 1942, and received his re
Use only I cruit training at the U. S. Naval
Auxiliary Martha M. Edgecomb I to barracks
of Bluffton. has completed basic train-1 Schmidt graduated from Bluffton
ing at the First Women’s Army Aux-I High last spring.
iliary Corps Training Center at Fort I _________
Des Moines, Iowa, and has been se-l __
lected for specialist training in Ad- Haae
Bluejackets stationed at the school
are housed in the University dormi
tories which have been converted in­
Mumma Begins
I 4/r
She wul receive additional train-1 _____
ing in a specialized field preparatory! Pvt Wade Mumma, son of C. C.
to taking over an important behind-1 Mumma, of North Main street, has
the-lines Army job, releasing a sol-1 started training at Jefferson Bar
dier for combat duty. There are I racks, Mo. The historic post, on the
now more than 100 jobs listed by the! Mississippi river a few miles south
Army replacing soldiers with! of St Louis, j. a replacement train-
Corps Training
with I of st. Louis, is a replacement train
ing center for the Army Air Forces
A ACs. ling center for the Army Air Forces
Among them are: Aircraft Warn-1 Technical Training Command.
ing personnel, bakers and
camera technicians, chauffeurs, clas-| aptitude tests to qualify them for
sification specialists, clerks, drafts-1
men, librarians, machine record op-1
erators, radio technicians, stenog-l
raphers, telephone operators, truck
drivers, typists, bombsight repair-1
men, weather observers, and link!
trainer and glider instructors.
cooks,l Here recruits are given vocational
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943
Appropriately Named After War God
on to keep watch and to call n
before the sun arose, as he did n
wish Apollo the sun god to see them.
One night Alectryon fell asleep
and neglected to warn the lovers
and Apollo saw them from his char
iot. He caught them in a net of
steel and held them prisoner while
the other gods made fun of them.
As soon as he was set free Mars,
who was filled with anger against
Alectryon for failing in his respon
sibility, changed him into a cock and
condemned him to give warning
every day of the sun’s rising.
During war time the Romans
turned to Mars for help and protec
tion. Before setting out to battle
the Roman general went into the
temple of Mars and touched the sac
red shield with the point of his spear
and cried, "Mars, watch over us!”
The training ground of the Roman
soldiers was called Campus Martins
(the field of Mars) in honor of the
God of War, and it was commonly
believed that Mars himself led their
army into battle and helped to give
them victory.
When the Romans came to desig
nate the third month they could find
no name more appropriate for the
blustery and boisterous time of the
year than the name patterned after
the war god.
important duties in various Arms
and Branches of the Services at
tached with the Army Air Forces.
Dependent upon their education, ci
vilian experience and results of the
various tests given, recruits will be
selected either for technical schools
or specialized occupations within the
Army. Following a period of in
struction in basic military training
and discipline the recruits will be
sent to active service with the Army
Air Forces.
Pvt. Mumma was employed at the
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
He graduated recently from Central
Missouri State Teachers College. He
graduated from Bluffton High school
in the class of 1939.
Notice
Attractive Rugs
for Your Floors
J.
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The Trustees of Richland Town
serve notice to certain farmers
have been in the habit of plow
right up to the road bed that
practise will not be tolerated
is
ship
who
ing
this
and
Anyone
will be
hereby strictly prohibited,
persisting in this practise
liable to prosecution.
Only
By order of the Trustees
of Richland Township.
N. W. Basinger, Clerk
a small percentage of U. S.
lend-lease food sent to Russia is
distributed to civilians, the rest goes
direct to the Russian army. Since
November, Russia has received more
food from the U. S. than has Eng
land. The Ukraine, North Caucases,
and Crimea in normal times produc
ed two-thirds of the total Russian
harvests.
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