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News Our Grandfa Froirl Under the provision of the act of I .j ithe Ohio Legislature of May 9th, 19081 it| all the surviving. members of the so-|ta Margaret Sumney Miriam Klopfenstein Lois Whitmer Appearing at services in the De fenseless Mennonite church here Sun day, will be the A-Capella Gospel Trio of the Defenseless Mennonite church of Grabill, Indiana. They will sing at the morning and evening services, also taking charge of the children’s meeting at 7:30 p. m. and assisting in the singspir ation at 9 p. m. The Bluffton News presents another in the series of import ant hut lesser known aspects of South America.—Editor Coffee has been called the domin ant factor in the Latin American economic situation. Not only is it the common important export of a large number of states, but Brazil and the United States are respectively the world’s greatest producer and principal consumer and buyer of this commodity. This makes the estern Hemisphere the world center of both the coffee production and the coffee market. The coffee plant, however, is not native to the Americas. It seems to have been introduced from Abyssin ia into Mocha, Arabia, from there into Ceylon and the East Indies and subsequently into Java, the West In dies and South America. In the beginning the drink was made of an infusion of the dried hull and only later did it become the custom to dry and roast the bean itself. Coffee was quite popular in Europe around the sixteenth century and was exported to America not long after that. In 1683, William Penn purchased some in New York for his Delaware settlers, paying $4,68 a pound for it. Coffee as a plant, however, seems only to have been introduced in the Western Hemisphere early in the eighteenth century when a specimen was shipped from France to Mar tinique. Shortly afterwards the Dutch sent some coffee plants to Suranam, Dutch Merlin Burkholder i Western Hemisphere Is Principal Producer And Consumer Of Coffee Nature’s perfect food made safe for your table Milk—nature’s perfect food—is safe for you and your family when it is pasteurized. Pasteurization is your assurance that your milk supply is free from harmful bacteria. Don’t take a chance—insist on Hy-Grade Dairy Milk THE ONLY PASTEURIZED MILK SOLD IN BLUFFTON Look for the Name—“Hy-Grade Dairy” on the Bottle HY-GRADE DAIRY Phone 398-W for delivery at your door daily. ft's Hobo Night-- at Bluffton Koller Rink next Wednesday Start right now looking up your costume for that big hobo night next Wednesday, May 17. All skaters will be in overalls or old clothes—the older the better. Don’t miss the fun. This Wednesday night is Ada night. Skating open to everyone—special rates if you’re from Ada. Regular skating on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Other nights open for private parties. All even ing skating 8 to 11 p. m. No one under 11 years admitted on Saturday and Sunday nights. Kids session Saturday afternoon 2 to 4 for those 11 years and under. BLUFFTON ROLLER RINK Ray Clark, Prop. In Pacific Two Years Private First Class Merlin D. Burkholder, son of Mrs. Sarah Burk holder of Bluffton, has completed two years of service with the U. S. Army in the South Pacific Area. A member of an army quarter master unit now stationed at a base in the New Hebrides Islands, Burk holder was inducted in February, 1941. He trained at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, prior to leaving for over seas duty. He is a graduate of Bluffton High school and was employed by the Nickel Plate Railroad before enter ing the Army. Two Local Men At Great Lakes Station Two Bluffton men now are taking naval indoctrination training at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill., it was announced this week by the Great Lakes public re lations office. They are Kenneth R. Henry, 26, husband of Mrs. Evelyn Henry and Jule G. Basinger, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gust Basinger, Bluff ton Rural Route 2. Guiana. The cultivation of coffee spread from there to the West In dies and to several other American countries, particularly Brazil, where its cultivation extended from north to south and developed in an extra ordinary fashion. In 1825 the Americas contributed already 50 per cent of the world production of coffee with Brazil alone producing 20 per cent of that amount. Today Brazil still main tains its preponderance as far as quantity is concerned, as it is respon sible for 60 per cent of the Western Hemisphere’s production of 90 per cent of the world’s total. While only four of the twenty-one American republics are coffee import ters Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and the United States, fifteen of them are producers of that commodity: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guate mala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nica ragua, Peru, El Salvador, Venezuela and the United States. The coffee plant itself is a shrub I which grows from eight to twenty feet high, has white blossoms, dark red berries and long evergreen leaves. The tree blossoms at the end of three years but does not bear a good crop until about the sixth year. Coffee is a hand-picked crop and the picking season a very busy one at the plantation. Men, women and children, with baskets or bags slung over their shoulders, walk up and down between the rows picking the berries from the trees. Over-ripe berries shrink up, so the if & Bluffton College May Queen And Attendants WILMA NONNAMAKER MUMMA Queen EARL LEHMAN WANDA SUTER Queen’s Escort Maid of Honor picking of the crop has to be rushed. When the baskets are full they are emptied at a special place, the differ ent skins and pulp are removed and the beans dried either by sun or artificially. They are then graded by size and ready for the market. When the beans have reached this stage they are known as green coffee and the work of the planter is over. The green coffee is then packed in heavy sacks, transported to the nearest seaport and shipped to the coffee drinking regions of the world. More than any other basic staple, perhaps, coffee has suffered the ups and downs of economic upheavals. To help stabilize its price, great quantities of this product were some times destroyed. In 1936 the coffee producing coun tries of the continent feeling the need for joint action got together in Bo gata, Colombia at the First Coffee Conference. The Pan American Coffee Bureau, a permanent agency inaugurated in 1937, had as its principal object the putting in practice of the agreements taken at the Bogota and following Coffee Conferences. Finally, on November 28, 1940, the Inter-American Coffee Agreement pre pared by the Inter-American Finan cial and Economic Advisory Commit tee, was signed in Washington by the representatives of the coffee-produc ing countries of the continent and the United States. The agreement has as its purpose the assuring of fair commercial con ditions to both producers and con sumers both in and out of the West ern Hemisphere. The war and the shipping shortage and subsequent submarine campaign in Caribbean and South American waters produced a state of emer gency which led, in the United States, to rationing a number of commodities among which was coffee. The fact that this drink is once more ration-free does not mean that its producers are not facing great difficulties due to the war. They are, however, looking forward to the brighter future. Richland Center Mr. and Mrs. Philip Marquart, Jr., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Zim merman and family and James Gal lant were Sunday dinner guests- of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hochstettler and family. Afternoon callers were, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rusmisal. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Luginbuhl called on Mrs. Sam Kohler and daughter Thursday evening. Walter Badertscher, S 2/c, of Pitts burgh, is spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bad ertscher. Madilyn McCune was a Monday evening supper guest of Glenna Swick. Mrs. Paul Rhoads and daughter Jean and son Michael of Detroit, Mich., are spending several weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Amstutz. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jennings spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Amstutz. Mrs. Henry Green and son Bobby THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO called Thursday afternoon on Mrs. Ernest Gratz. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hilty were Sunday evening callers of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Zim merman and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz and daughters, Wil mer Badertscher and Walter Bader tscher of Pittsburgh were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Badertscher. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huber. Mrs. Charles Fridley and Mrs. Sam Kohler and daughter spent Sat urday evening at the Menno Geiger home. Mrs. Katie Lory and Mrs. Jose phine Moser were Wednesday even ing supper guests at the Amos and Weldon Luginbuhl home. Dr. Anita Green of Toledo called at the Henry Green home, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marquart and son Melvin spent W’ednesday even ing with Mr. and Mrs. Brice Main and son Harold. Mrs. Dwigh^Frantz and daughters and Mrs. Wayne Zimmerman and daughters called on Mrs. Wilmer Badertscher at the Glen Hathaway home, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Basinger, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gratz and son Kenny Leroy of Lima, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Maidlow and daughter Ei leen, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marquart, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gratz and Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz called Sunday afternoon on Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz. Mrs. D. H. Strunk is a patient at the Memorial hospital in Lima where she underwent an operation last Fri day. Carolyn Steiner and Josephine Augsburger spent Wednesday night at the Andy Hochstettler home. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Creeger and sons spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Green and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dillman and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Ba singer and family were Sunday din ner guests of their mother Mrs. Martha Basinger. Evening callers were Mrs. Amos Luginbuhl and Glenna Swick. Mr. and Mrs. Menno Burkholder and Mrs. Menno Geiger called Sun day afternoon on Mrs. Sam Kohler and daughter. Mrs. Harold Stevens of Sandusky is spending this week with her par ents Mr. and Mrs. Otto Amstutz. Jimmie Green spent the week end with his grandmother Mrs. C. E. Green of Uniapolis, Ohio. Ada Sergeant Is Missing In Action Staff Sgt. George Derringer, 21, of Ada has been missing in action over Rumania since April 16, accord ing to word received from the war department by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Derringer. Sgt. Derringer was a waist gunner in a B-24 Liberator bombing plane. His father operates a barber shop in Ada. Smooths Wrinkles Politeness smooths wrinkles.—Jou bert. Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer, of the Biblical seminary in New York City, has been selected as college Bible lecturer for 1944. Dr. Zwemer was a missionary in Arabia for many years and is an authority on the Mohammedan religion. He was a pioneer in the Student Volunteer movement, and was a close associate of Robert E. Speer. He was form erly associated with Princeton. The Bible lecture series next fall, will be held the week of November 12. Commencement activities will begin Friday evening, at 8:30 p. m., with presentation of Paul Bliss’ cantata, “Pan on a Summer Day,” by the college women’s glee club. This program is open to the public. No admission will be charged, but an offering will be taken during the performance. Bluffton Day Will be observed Saturday, with all traditional activi ties excepting the usual morning athletic events. Men’s and women’s Varsity “B” breakfasts will start the day off, with informal campus and building tours taking up the morn ing hours. The Pi Delta luncheon for members of that society, and the Student Christian association luncheon on the campus for all students and guests, will be served at 12 o’clock noon. Reunions for the classes of 1924 and 1934, also have been planned for the noon hour. Bluffton College Notes The 1944 class program will be held in the Ramseyer chapel at 1:30 p. m., and will be followed im mediately by the 1944 and 1934 Box By E. K. Alban, Department of Horticulture Ohio State University There are several of the leafy vegetables such as hampala, collards, kale, and chard which will add va riety to the home garden. Tampala is a new introduction, which merits some consideration, especially in those gardens where moisture is not a limiting factor. The other leafy crops will norm ally give satisfactory yields under average conditions. Spinach, beet tops, or turnip tops should also be included because all of these leafy crops have high nutrient and vitamin value. Probably the most important vege table source of protein and fats is the soybean. Such varieties as Anwei, Bansei, Funk’s Delicious and others are available and should be tried this year. Soybean sprouts are becoming extremely popular. Cul tural methods are no different than May 1, 1919 Marion Koch writes to A. J. Non namaker from Tours, France, that he has been in five big drives, that of Chateau Thierry, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Champaigne, and the Argon ne. He was wounded in the left wrist but his arm is now as good ceremony outside College hall at 2:30 p. m. Music by Bluffton alumni will be heard in the Ramseyer chapel at 3 p. m. Vegetable Type Soybeans Should Be Included In Your Victory Garden Crowning of the May Queen, Wilma Mumma, local girl, will take place on the baseball diamond at 4 p. m. The traditional pageant with May Pole dance, and senior attend ants will be held. Miss Wanda Suter, senior from Columbus Grove, will serve as Maid of Honor to the Queen: and Ellis Guthrie, senior from LaFayette, as popular man, will es cort the Queen to her throne. Annual alumni banquet will be held in the Ropp hall dining room at 6 p. m. It will be followed by the three act play, “Letters to Lucerne,” by Vincent and Rotter, to be pre sented by the college Thespian group. Baccalaureate services will be held in the Ramseyer chapel Sunday afternoon, May 14. President Lloyd L. Ramseyer will deliver the Baccalaureate address, “Lift Up Your Eyes.” Following Baccalaureate will be the President’s reception at the President’s home. Bluffton In First World War The college women’s choir will present its final concert of sacred music in the First Mennonite church. Sunday evening. Professor Russell A. Lantz, head of the music depart ment will direct this concert. What Happened Here Twenty-five Years Ago This Week SPECIAL PRICES 11 7 W Wm WHILE THEY LAST—One lot of genuine Simmon* Studio couches priced from Living Room Suites ____________ These suites handsomely upholstered in genuine mohair an Cl 1 AA outstanding value at... tplluevv Commencement will be held Mon day morning, May 15, at the First Mennonite church. Commencement speaker will be Dr. Elmer E. S. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Hart ford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn. for green beans and they are much more resistant to Mexican been beet le attacks. However, soybeans do not repel bean betties as is commonly believed. Most of these vegetable type soy beans have been grown in Ohio and climatic conditions here are satisfac tory. Their abundant supply of es sential proteins and fats have al lowed many people of the world to live without any additional supply of these nutritive materials. Soybeans are the best available meat substitute and should certainly be used this coming year to augment our rationed meat supply. They can be used as the fresh green beans, canned or frozen. By allowing the bean to mature they will serve as dried beans or can be used for sprouting. They combine readily in many «oup mixtures and give a good meaty flavor. Remember to include one or two varieties of soybeans in your seed order this year. as ever. At present he is stationed at a little camp just outside Tours, France. Bluffton went over the top in the bond drive and oversubscribed its quota $50,000 by $6,000. The county reached its assigned quota of over $2,000,000. ... on Simmons Studio Couches and Living Room Suites THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944 Class Speaker TAR. Elmer E. S. Johnson, professor emeritus^of Hart ford seminary, Hartford, Conn., who will deliver the class ad dress at graduation exercises of Bluffton college next Monday morning. His subject will be “Redeeming our Heritage”. Another announcement has been received by local parents that their son overseas has made plans to marry one of the gals from sunny France. Orange township will give a ban quet for their returned soldiers in the near future at the Orange Center house. Clay Van Meter writes from France that he will soon receive orders to saif for the good old U. S. A. Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Soash who recently returned to Ohio from California where he was stationed in the Army hospital at Camp Kear ney were in Bluffton looking for a residence. The doctor expects to resume his practise here in a few weeks. Huber Jennings has received his discharge from Camp Sherman. Liberty bonds are used the same as cash and a good many stores are advertising that these bonds will be accepted on any purchases. Ezra Jackson returned home having received his discharge from Camp Sherman. The young man wears the gold chevron for six months over seas service. He was a member of Co. M. 120th Infantry of the 20th Division. Adrian Rettig of Jenera who re cently returned from France where he took part in several battles plans to enlist and return to the above named place. ML Cory Graduates 26 Next Thursday Mt. Cory High school’s 43rd an nual commencement will be held in the school auditorium at 8 p. m. Thursday of next week, with diplo mas to be presented to 26 graduat ing seniors at the event. Dr. Glen C. West, executive secre tary of the state department of edu cation, Columbus, will be the class speaker, and diplomas will be pre sented by H. D. Carr, president of the board of education. Jean Dukes is class valedictorian, and Pauline Simkins, is salutatorian. Baccalaureate for the senior class will be at 8 p. m. next Sunday, with Rev. Irvin Kauffman, pastor of the Evangelical church, Mt. Cory, oc cupying the pulpit. BUY WORE WAR BONDS. $32.50 Shag Rugs for bedroom washable see window priced Basinger’s Furniture Store and bath, them in our from.............. They’re $225