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PAGE TWO H. R. Townsend, of Columbus, Ohio, Commissioner of High School athletics, was the speaker at a ban quet honoring Bluffton High’s crack basketball team of last winter, held Monday night in the Walnut Grill. In his first visit here, Townsend complimented the Bluffton team on its outstanding record of going thru the regular season undefeated. He said that basketball now is the favorite national game, and that Ohio has its share of outstanding teams. More than 300 Ohio High-schools last winter had coaches who were not teachers because of the inroads of the selective service draft. This is in violation of state athletic regu lations, but in the present emergency it is accepted. A non-teacher coach is someone about town who volun teers his services and acts without pay. Ohio Athletic Commissioner Is Speaker At H. S. Cage Banquet Coach Russell Hasson in a short In its first month of operation, the Junior Red Cross organization made up of Bluffton grade and high school students, has a fine record of pro viding items for distribution thru regular Red Cross channels, it was announced in the March report of Miss Mary Sypos, Bluffton chairman. Among items sent to Lima for dis tribution were 44 games, 40 wash cloths, and 86 pocket books, of which 65 were donated by Mrs. J. S. Steiner. Also collected and forwarded to Red Cross headquarters were 14 standard size books to be placed in some military hospital 11 clothes hangers for army use 200 Easter favors made by the grade school pu pils and 1,232 menu covers made by high school students. Junior Red Cross Has Fine Record In Varied Campaign Of Activity •SOO CASH. 202 W. Market. Lima. Ohio Paul Sehoenlein, Mgr. Phone ”3511 talk was optimistic of next year’s basketball prospects. Several num bers were sung by the Hi-\ quartet made up of Bob Gratz, Dean Nis wander, Varden Loganbill and Otto Klassen. Faculty Manager Sidney C. Stet tler presented letters to the follow ing: Varsity Bob Burkholder, Bob Gratz, Varden Loganbill and Neil Schmidt. Fred Herrmann, the fifth regular, received his letter shortly before leaving to enter the armed forces in February. Reserves—Hubert Rasinger, Arth ur Hilty, Otto Klassen, Jack Koontz, and Ronald Zimmerly. Student Managers—Billy Burcky and Junior Dunifon. Cheerleaders— Dorothy Dunbar, Gertrude Edge comb, Mary Lou Shafer and Joyce Young. Honorary captain, named by the team for last season, was Fred Herrmann. In addition, the Junior Red Cross group made St. Patrick Day favors, filled with candy, for the Bluffton Community hospital. Incompleted projects which are un der way include the making of 15 bed trays by the Hi-Y menu card holders being made by students in the high school shop 53 wash cloths started by the high school home economics department scrapbooks being made by the Blue Triangle club bedroom slippers by the home economics department, and surgical dressings being made by the Girl Reserves. The Junior Red Cross drive for funds in the schools during March raised a total of $111.66. Of this the grade school contributed $70 and the high school $41.66. You can have it right away. Use it on your farm to good advantage. Repay after harvest next fall. Special low-cost loans for farmers. Write or stop in. Hours 9 to 5 or longer. THE CITY LOAN and Savings Company ANNOUNCING Spring and Summer Skating Program at Bluffton Roller Rink Next Sunday afternoon, April 23 will be the last matinee skate. No Sunday afternoon skating after that. Sunday evening skating during the spring and summer will start next Sunday night, April 23 from 7:30 to 10:30 p. m. Kid’s Session—every Saturday afternoon starting April 29 from 2 to 4 p. m. for Grade school pupils. Regular skate every week—Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday Nights. BLUFFTON1ROLLER RINK Ray Clark, Prop. ATTENTIOH! FOOT SUFFERERS CONDITIONS OFTEN RELATED TO WEAK FEET NECK AND HEAD Stiff Neck Neuritis SPINE AND PELVIS Nervounu«i Postural Defects Arthritis Rheumatic Pains Muscle Spasms Unlevel Hips Unlevel Shoulders THIGH AND CALF Cramps Muscle Pains Sciatica INKLE AND FOOT Arthritis Rhoumatio Patau Flat Foot DWactiv. Gait Weak feet will roll to the inside, cramping nerves and blood vessels, causing and that body. poor posture related ailments affect your entire FREE Foot Analysis and Pedigraph Chart Stamp No. 18 in Ration Book 1, will expire April 30. Airplane Stamp No. 1 in Ration Book 3 is good in* definitely. Bring your Ra tion Book with stamp not detached. We cannot accept detached stamps. W. H. Gratz Footwear Shop Bluffton, Ohio Jew To Speak TLJAX Reich, D. D., Jewish Christian who will speak at Ebenezer Mennonite church, Sun day and Monday. Dr. Reich is connected with Moody Bible in stitute, Chicago and president of the Hebrew Christian Alliance of America. Name Cast For H. S. Senior Play “Jane Eyre,” a romatic play in three acts, will be presented by the senior class under the direction of Mr. Stauffer. It will be given the nights of May 18th and 19th. Charlotte Bronte, in her book “Jane Eyre” has created a character with all the charm, graces and virtues that any young lady could ever hope to aspire to. Jane, as an orphan girl, wins the heart of her employer through her simple and unadulterated charm. The play opens with Adele Varens, Rochester’s adopted daughter, await ing the arrival of her new governess, Miss Eyre. After being at Thorn field Hall for a while, Jane wins the affection of everyone there, from Mrs. Fairfax, the house keeper, to Grace Pool, a servant. But behind all this supposed contentment fore boding hovers over the household at all times. In the West Wing is kept a mystery and often wild in human sounds emerge from that direction. Lady Blanche, a cold arrogant person, and her mother, Lady In gram, plot for Blanche to marry Rochester for his money. Blanche, her mother, her sister Mary, Dr. Carter, and Sir Wilfred Lynn are invited to a party at Thornfield Hall. While there, Zita, an old gypsy, re veals the scheme between Blanche and her mother. In the meantime, the mystery of the West Wing is discovered and Jane leaves the house. Shortly after ward, the mansion catches fire and Rochester loses his sight in the turmoil. Over a year passes since Jane left Thornfield Hall and Rochester has slowly become an old man despite his thirty-five years. It seems that Jane, about to take a critical step is deterred by a piercing cry arising, mentally, from her loved one, miles away. She determines to see him for one last time. After seeing him in the condition he is, she decides to remain with him and nurse him back to health. The cast that has thus far been chosen is as follows: Mrs. Fairfax Lo,-s Oyer Adele Varens ... Janice Hankish, Ruth Burkholder Nora ........... Levon Wilch Grace Poole ...Madalene McCune Jane Eyre ...... Jane Howe Edward Rochester Varden Loganbill Bessie Leaven ... .... Glenna Swick Bertha..... Joan Buckland Dowager Lady Ingram Beverly Biery Lady Mary Florence Anne Biome Dr. Carter Robert Burkholder Lady Blanche --------Mary Margaret Basinger Sir Wilfred Lynn.. Bill Mericle Zita .........Miriam Schaeublin Richard Mason Robert Amstutz Rev. John Rivers ............... ......... Earl Dean Luginbuhl In Memoriam In memory of my husband, Isaac Brobeck who passed away April 17, 1943. ‘Tis strange but when my husband was here In life to walk with me, Not always could I hold him near Absent he’d often be. A mile a-far was full a mile A month away I’d feel. Then absence, short or long the while Was always very real. But now the tasks of life are o’er And he has left me here Though he may walk with me no more I have him always near. Now that he lives in memory He’s never far away I’ve but to think of him and he Is with me night or day. Mrs. Alice Brobeck. News want-ads bring results. LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE HAULING Every Load Insured STAGER BROS. Bluffton. Ohio THE BLUFFTON NEWS, Bl UFFTON, OHIO War Dept. Training Contract To Tiffin U. Tiffin University, at Tiffin, Ohio, has received a contract with the U. S. War Department, Air Service Command, for the training of 855 stenographers and typists. The con tract, along with other similar con tracts pertaining to the training of office workers in various fields, was authorized undei the Powers Act, and Executive Order No. 9001. One of the introductory clauses of the contract reads: “It has been de termined that the prosecution of the war will be facilitated by the Gov ernment entering into a contract with Tiffin University for the in struction and training of female stu dents in stenography, typing, and clerical work.” The contract is for the training of 800 skilled office workers. They are all to be employed at Patterson Field, Ohio, at headquarters of Air Service Command. The training per iod is for ten to twelve weeks at Tiffin University, to be supplemented by two additional weeks of training on government forms and in orienta tion at Patterson Field. Trainees, mainly who have had some basic training in shorthand, or typing in high school, receive civil service compensation ratings, and are given $1260 plus $300 overtime, a total of $1560 per annum, $130 per month, or appi ximately $6.00 per day while in training, compensation starting the day training begins. They receive in addition, free tuition, and free use of text books. They receive $1752 as soon as the training period is completed. Those who have had one year of office experience re ceive $1970 pei annum as the base initial salary. Due to the extreme need of steno graphic workers in preparing reports and records for the huge quantities of war material cleared daily en route to the training camps and com bat zones, the training of office workers has been placed on the same paid for basis by the government as the training of nurses, and the quar ter of a million young men in the armed forces formerly in training on college campuses thruout the nation. New trainee groups, or units as they are designated, are admitted each Monday. The contract calls for the training of 792, and the training period to continue until that num ber has been trained, or the end of the duration. The Government provides modern living accommodation at both Spring field and Dayton at a moderate cost. Approximately 100 office workers who have completed their training at Tiffin U. and now employed at Patterson Field, reside at Hillcrest, the beautiful institutional home pro vided ^y the government, at Spring field, Ohio. It is equipped with gym nasium, swimming pool, recreational I and social facilities, light laundry privileges, matrons, nurses, and other special features. Government officials advise that the Tiffin school was the first, and is still the only college in the U. S. to be awarded a contract for the training of stenographers for the Headquarters, Air Service Command. Application for training can be made by procuring a civil service application blank at any post office. Complete information may be secured by addressing Director, Air Service Training Division, Tiffin University, Tiffin, Ohio. All WMC regulations must be met by those now or pre viously employed. Mt, Cory Senior Play On May 5 “Mr. Beane from Lima” is the play to be presented by the senior class of Mt. Cory high school in the school auditorium, Friday night, May 5. Appearing in the cast of the play are: Neva Inbody, Roberta Manges, Pauline Simkins, Marjorie Oberly, Sarah Miller, Dick Schaller, Norma Montgomery, Darrell Carr, Florice King, Clarence Jones and Bob Mont gomery. The play is directed by Mrs. Jose phine Me Peek. In Memoriam In loving memory of our father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Benedict Leichty who passed away two and three years ago this April 19 and 22. April recalls sad memories Of dear ones gone to rest. The ones who think of them today Are those who loved them best. Sleep Mother and Dad, thy toils are o’er Sweet be thy rest, oft’ needed before, We loved you Mother and Dad— But God loved you more He has taken you home To the bright and golden shore. Daughter, Tena Basinger. Is Your Home Protected? Our Extended Coverage Policy gives complete Protection at low cost. Let me quote rates and explain coverages on town and farm buildings and contents. PAUL E. WHITMER 245 W. Grove St. Phone 350-W Bluffton, Ohio Representing Farm Bureau Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Homo Office: Columbus. Ohin Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henson Good, former Bluff ton residents, will be observed at their home in Lima, 513 West Vine street, Saturday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Good lived in Bluff ton from 1897 to 1922, when they moved to Lima. Good was Bluffton’s last full-time blacksmith, and he continued plying his trade here part-time for a num ber of years after he had moved to Lima. During the time he lived here he served on the volunteer fire de partment for 13 years, and as town marshal and street commissioner for four years. On the occasion of his 50th wed ding anniversary, Good recalled many interesting highlights from his life as a blacksmith here. At one time in the “horse and buggy days” GOLDEN WEDDING By Prof. L. C. Chadwick, Department of Horticulture, Ohio State University Successful victory gardeners of 1943 are aware of the importance of careful planning of the garden wel^ in advance of the actual gardening operations. An increase of 2,000,000 new gardens and a substantial in crease in the yield of last year’s gardens are being asked for 1944. If these goals are to be attained, “care ful planning” will be watch words. flu --W .« For Your Floors— iJd nW HA MR. AND MRS. HENSON GOOD Golden Wedding Anniversary Of Mr. And Mrs. Henson Good Saturday Plan Your Victory Garden Now To Save Needless Work Later In Season JOHNSON’S WAX—the same Johnson quality you have used for years. JOHNSON’S GLO COAT Self-polishing—for linoleum. NOAH’S SELF -POLISHING WAX—none better for floors. WAR-COTE—Finish for floors combining velvet beauty of wax with durability of var nish. It Stops Moths- MIRRO-MOTH a positive protection against moths. Will not harm the finest fabric. Brighten your home with new WINDOW SHADES. Our new spring line just in. W he had 44 buggy wheels in his shop at one time. During the year 1908 he put 5469 shoes on horses, and in icy seasons it was impossible to keep up with work, even with added helpers. Good also was an expert at sharp ening and tempering plow shears. Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Good took place on April 22, 1894, at Scott’s Crossing, Ohio, with Rev. S. A. Hunsaker the officiating minister. Three surviving children of five all reside in Lima. They are Earl Good, Mrs. Esther Sharp and Mrs. Edith Turner. No plans for a celebration are made because of the absence of a grandson, Jack Sharp, in the army air forces at Walde Field, Texas, but friends and relatives are wel come to call at the home. Plans should be formulated for the entire season and should include such considerations as the size of the garden its location soil prepara tion choice of crops planting and maintenance and provisions for handling the produce. The size of the garden will, of course, depend upon the size of the family. It should be the aim of every victory garden to produce, as nearly as possible, a quantity of vegetables sufficient to meet the ... to make a spring job easier-- Housecleaning Aids Basinger s Furniture Store CLOSED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944 needs of the family for good nutri tion. Beginning gardeners should keep their plots relatively small. It is better to undertake a small plot and do a good job of planting and maintenance than to start with a large plot only to find that it is too large to care for properly during the summer months. A 30X50-foot plot is sufficient for a family of three or four. Select a plot of good garden soil that is well drained and free from obstructions and heavy shade. Pre pare the soil when it is in a work able condition, incorporating liberal quantities of organic matter and commercial fertilizer. The choice of crops should be such that they will provide ample quanti ties of mineral and vitamins. This can be done by growing at least two leafy vegetables, two pod crops, two root crops, tomatoes, and cabbage and any four other vegetables. Provide for succession and com panion crops so that the whole arda is in use from early spring until fall. Plan the entire garden on paper at the start noting the time of sowing, the quantity of each crop and the space and the period occupied by each crop. A sample plan is given in the Extension Service Victory Garden bulletin available from your county agricultural agent. Planting should be done in well prepared soil and provisions made for mulching, irrigating, and pest control as needed throughout the growing season. If the garden is carefully planned and well main tained it should supply all the fresh vegetables needed and an adequate quantity for canning and storage. Pandora Pupils Stage Play “Annie Laurie" Based on the widely known Scotch ballad of the same name, the play, “Annie Laurie”, will be presented Friday and Saturday nights at the school auditorium by the senior class of Pandora high school. The play is a melodrama depicting the tribulations of Annie Laurie, played by Dorothy Grismore, and William Douglas, portrayed by Dona vin Diller, in their efforts to over come social convention, bringing to the stage a stirring love drama. Others in the cast playing heavy parts are Hiram Kohli, Jr., in the part of Lord Ferguson, and Charles Boher, in the role of Sir Laurie, strict parent of the heroine. MUNSON R.BIXEL, M.D. Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M. 14 P. M. 7-8 P. M. Office, 118 Cherry St. Phone 120-F Bluffton. O. that really help! For Your Cleaning— REDDY WATERLESS CLEANER dirt disappears like magic. POWDERENE Cleans rugs like a professional cleaner. FOAM-O-KLEEN Nothing better for cleaning upholstery. KARITH—Cleans all fabrics. Especially good for Venetian blind tapes. Wonderful spot remover. Brightens Fumiture- CRESCENT FURNITURE POLISH. Keep a bottle on hand. All wool WALL DUSTERS— long handles, easy to manage. FLOOR MOPS that really get the dirt