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PAGE TWO
Barbara Hauenstein Writes Of
Trip From Beirut to Eng
land Via France
Boats And Trains Overcrowded
Delays In Customs And
Money Exchange
(Continued from page 1)
enroute to Bluffton college as a stu
dent, upon recommendation of the
Board of the American university at
Beirut
Her letter, written from London,
follows:
“Last night at 9:30 I arrived in
London. It hardly seems possible
that the struggle is over. I left the
mission house in Beirut about 12:3!)
noon Friday, August 5. Arrange
ments had been made there with a
porter to get my four bags, but as
is true of everything out here he
never came altho we phoned to see
what was the trouble.
Rigors Of Traveling In Post-War
Europe Described By Bluffton Woman
As a last resort I went out in
that just such a
frcm pvprv nore
to sitting here and bcir cool­—wear
ing my fur coat a
arrival in London
nd st
last night!
upon
When I finally got down to the
travel agency the in charge had
gone thru customs—tney close at 1
o’clock and I was out of luck until
they returned at 3 and the boat was
supposed to leave Beirint at 4 as
my heart ever in my mouth
When we finally got to cus1toms it
was a virtual madhouse—taking out
of money was the principal worry
and I was forced to go through the
indignity of taking off my under
clothes to let some girl see whether
or not I had money secluded under
my girdle.
Then she went thru my purse with
a fine tooth comb. In my statement
of money of 1000 francs, worth
about $9.00, $150 in traveller’s
checks, and 10 pounds sterling, the
only thing they questioned was the
English money,—and then when I
tried to cash it last night found it
no good—it was withdrawn from
circulation here in England at the
beginning of the War.
Then I finally got myself and bag
gage on board, keeping an eagle
eye out so that none of it was miss
ing. Never again will I travel with
more than I can carry, two is the
limit.
As a going away present young
Mitti of travel agency, gave me a
Trap Shoot
Sunday, Sept. 1
1:00 P. M.
Merchandise Prizes, All Shooters
Eligible. 12 and 16 gauge shells
available on grounds.
Bluffton Gun Club
2 miles north of Bluffton on Dixie
highway at Gosfcard Filling
Station and Store.
Lloyd Hardwick, President
C. V. Stonehili, Sec.-Treas.
HOUSE
hint
WHITE
i Outside
House Paint
.. and
other colors
C.O.D. ORDERS FILLED!
HOUSEHOLD CO.
419 Dorr S|., Toledo 2, Ohio
w
ill
bi A
box of 25 Milky Way bars—quite
valuable in Lebanon, and unobtain
able on the Continent and here in
England, which I have had occasion
to appreciate.
My luck was running strong when
I found I was bunked as the fourth
in with Mrs. Koch and her two
daughters. Alice Magarin, on her
way to Bluffton College was on the
same boat, and she was put as a
fourth in a cabin with a “Genuwine
Bedowine A-rab” and her eight
year-old daughter who had bugs in
her hair, on their way to Dakar
via Marseilles.
You never saw such a conglomera
people—and the way they
them in. The boat had
s arted at A exandria
and there
./ere many on board going home to
Greece after 7
years away in Egypt.
At Pitaeus huiidreds more got on to
go to France.
We had 300 below
deck and 300
more sleeping on the decks—no one
lowed o n the top deck.
Tuecsday was uneventful, but Wed
nesaay passed by numerous
Greek Islands on our way to Pira
eus w landed just at dusk.
Wednesday afternoon we had got
ten piisses in our passports to go
at Pinjaus—then the money
raised its ugly head again.
Mrs. Koch had a few dollar bills,
three of whijh she changed into
Greek money—-she was afraid to do
more for fear she wouldn’t have
enougli money in France if forced
to stay over in Marseilles—I had
nothing at all for I was in the same
fix and was afraid to cash a Trav
eller’s check for I didn’t want $20
in Greek money. Pireaus was quite
badly bombed and looked decided the
worse for wear—and the heat! I’ve
never been so hot!
A Piraeus Armenian family met
one of the Armenian girls on our
boat going to Yale School of Music,
and the young man took us under
his wing into Athens via the elec
tric train—there we were nearly
run down by UNRRA trucks. The
store windows were filled with food
stuffs and other commodities but the
prices were such that only the rich
could buy.
The unit of exchange is the drach
ma and it takes 5900 drachmas to
make a dollar. In the heat wre
wanted to take a taxi back to the
ship, but the taximan would have
charged 35,000 drachmas—finally got
down to 20,000 and we still could
not afford it! Before the war the
drachma was worth more than a
cent—you can ask Alice about it
when she gets to Bluffton—she
speaks Greek as she is an Armenian
from Cyrus.
In Athens we took a street car to
the base of Acropolis and walked up
to the top. It is just exactly like I
had it pictured in my mind’s eye
from studying History of Art at O.
S. U. However, the mountains sur
rounding the city are as barren as
the mountains of Moab near the
Dead Sea. That part was a sur
prise.
We all would have enjoyed the ex
peditions in the late morning if the
heat hadn’t been so unbearable. On
our way back to the ship our train
broke down for 45 minutes, and we
didn’t get back until too late for
lunch.
The next days after pulling out
of Piraeus, at sunset Thursday,
were uneventful until Saturday
morning when we passed thru the
Straits of Messina and alongside of
a real for sure island volcano puff
ing out smoke. Sunday morning we
skirted along the eastern and north
ern sides of Corsica where the
mountains were quite high—a sur
prise to me.
About 5:30 Monday morning we
docked at Marseilles and then the
fun began! Fortunately Mrs. Koch
and I got in line early to pass thru
the French passport control, officers
who came aboard ship and checked
our passports and stamped out
money declaration slips.
Finally we found a Cook’s man
who took charge of getting us thru
REAL MONEY/$
customs which was not nearly as
difficult as I supposed for the crowd
was not as large as the thousands
who pour through N. Y. customs
each day.
The food on the Greek boat was
excellent—lunch was always four
courses, and supper five courses and
we could help ourselves to as much
as we wanted. However, the serv
ice was dreadful and the dirt and
filth was terrific.
The people in first class were a
mixture, from rich Iraqui, Irani,
Egyptians, Lebonese, Greeks to the
poor who slept on deck—I don’t
know who all they were for I had
no chance to talk with them. Hard
ly any English was spoken, although
a great many of this group were
making their way to America via
LaHavre.
Alice and the other students paid
a travel agency in Beirut $500 to
get them across France and on to
the ship to America. The Greek
ship charged black market prices.
The terrible accommodations we had,
which wouldn't have been so bad if
the boat hadn’t been so crowded,
cost $225. Altogether including my
baggage, trip expense, etc., I spent
approximately $600, including living
expenses for July in Lebanon.
In Marseilles we took a taxi trip
around the city for an hour—very
fascinating place, and much cleaner
port town than I had expected—we
saw the Chateau d’Ue of Count of
Monte Cristo fame. After a very
meager lunch in a good hotel we
went to see a movie of Sgt. York
and all the mountaineers and Yanks
speaking French! We thought the
picture would be in English with
French sub-titles but this was the
real McCoy. Naturally we didn’t
get much out of it for they all talked
so fast.
After a more meager supper Mon
day night the Cook’s man came with
my ticket to London, via Paris, 2nd
class, and I was off into the great
unknown again! I had to sit up
all night, 8 in the compartment, on
wooden seats, but somehow I man
aged to catnap it. Back in Beirut
some in the mission had nearly
scared the daylights out of me by
saying what a hazardous undertak
ing crossing France would be—no
food, no accommodations, etc., how
ever, breakfast was served, includ
ing beautiful ripe peaches.
In Paris I had a stroke of luck
for there are about 8 railway sta
tions and I was going to have to
get a porter and then a taxi to go
from one station to another with no
assurance that I could catch and get
reservations on the Boat Train for
Calais once I found my way to the
Gare du Nord!
Out of the hundreds and hundreds
of people getting off the Marseilles
train I found a porter who asked
if I wanted to get the boat train to
Calais! Finally I got all my
pieces of baggage together, but that
w’as where I wished I’d only had two
that I could carry—it was all con
fusion.
As soon as I got on the boat train
it pulled out for the Gare du Nord.
While we were waiting one of the
Greek business men from the boat
asked me to dinner on the diner.
The food was plentiful and excellent
and I ate heartily for which I was
thankful for I didn’t have another
meal for 24 hours.
At Calais we boarded the English
Channel boat, run by British, not
French, and in all my foreign travel
experience I never yet had seen any
thing more poorly organized! “Mud
dling through’’ certainly does apply
to the British.
(Unless I’m married within two
months and have reported to the
police immediately after the cere
mony I shall be sent to prison!)
Your Separator Is the
As soon as the boat docked at
Dover the worst blow’ of all fell! I
had no English change with w’hich
to tip the porter and it was a physi
cal impossibility to carry the bags
myself!
While standing in passport line I
had approached an American man,
35 years or so, of the American
Friends Service Committee (he wore
a grey uniform and arm band which
identified him) with my problem of
baggage and no small money, and he
definitely gave me the brush-off!
Key to Your Profits
Few farmers will question the value of skim
milk in feeding pigs, calves or chickens. With
supplements so scarce, it becomes still more
profitable to keep that skim milk right on the
farm and sell the cream to The Page Dairy
Co. We always pay the highest price and our
truck picks up the cream right at the farm.
(’all or Write
Field Representative: Yem Dardio
The Page Dairy Co.
Bluffton, Ohio Phone 489-W
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON/ OHIO
Why, I don’t know’, unless he was
afraid I’d take advantage of him
when we got to London.
Then in desperation I asked a
younger man, 27 or so, and he
turned out to be a French Knight!
Truly chivalrous and certainly one
of the nicest, kindest people I have
ever met! He got a porter for our
bags (he only had one) and we w’ent
through customs quite slick, and
then dn the train to London. He
w’as French from Paris—medical stu
dent W’hose education had been in
terrupted by 6 years in the French
Army in France, England, Egypt
and Syria.
When w’e got in the Victoria Sta
tion he went to look for his friend
w’ho turned out to be a blonde Eng
lish girl as nice as he. They check
ed my baggage for me and he went
w’ith me to the hotel in the station
to see if I could get a room.
After saying they had nothing,
they did say I might be able to get
a double at the Mayfair. When I
asked the cashier to change the Eng
lish money it was the last straw’
w’hen he said it was no good! He
did change a $20 traveller’s check
and I set out for Mayfair after the
nice English girl had called up to
see if I could get a room.
We had no wal er on the boat, ex
cept a slow cold cold trickle with
out a stopper fol the bowl, so that
for 8 days I had ft even washed de
cently, and had n o clean underthings
with my bag in he hold, and before
that I hadn’t ha 1 a hot bath since
I left Tripoli Ju y 26th!
This morning sent the wire to
Willie and then went down to the
station for my other three bags, not
being able to find a bite to eat there,
only a cup of tc■a, and hungry! I
came back, unpa ked my much mus
sed brown suit and new blouse which
I gave to the val et to be pressed so
that now I don’t feel too unkempt.
Later this morrling I walked down
to Picadiily Cir?us—to Trafralgar
Square—the park in front of White
hall—past Houses of Parliament and
in to Westminstsr Abbey where a
Bach organ concert was in progress.
There is some ei idence of bombing
but they’ve cleaned up the w’orst
here in the center of tow’n.
The problem of English money
gets me dowrn! And w’hen I ask
about it from anyone who changes it
for me they act like I wras demented
to ask such stupid questions! Any
question I seem to ask is stupid to
them!
Funeral Wednesday
For Beaverdam Man
Funeral services were held at the
Paul Diller funeral home Wednes
day afternoon for John Troxel, 86,
of Beaverdam. Rev. Paul Cramer
of the Bluffton Methodist church of
ficiated and interment w*as in the
Woodland cemetery at Beaverdam.
Mr. Troxel died Monday morning
at the Lyle convalescent home in
Ada from infirmities of age. He had
been ill since last October.
Troxel, retired section hand and
well driller, was born in Allen
county Dec. 23, 1859, a son of
George and Sarah (Weaver) Troxel.
He was married to Clariana Eliza
beth Ransbottom and she died July
18, 1934.
In 193 Mr. Troxel married Mary
Frazier, who survives. There are
no children. He wras the last sur
vivor of a family of 11 children.
Mr. Troxel was a member of the
Beaverdam Methodist church.
Breakfast Sets
Sturdily constructed in the latest,
beautiful styles. Come early and select
yours.
$69.50
Couple Is Married
At Pandora Church
Miss Clorinda Luginbill, former
nurse at Bluffton hospital and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Luginbill, of Pandora, became the
bride of Bernard C. Green, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Milford Green, of Mt.
Cory, in the Grace Mennonite church
of Pandora at 7 o’clock Saturday
evening.
Rev. Ernest J. Bohn heard the
exchange of vows before a setting of
w’hite gladioli, mixed garden flowers,
palms, and tw’o seven-branch candel
abra.
Miss Sara Jane Schutz presided
at the organ for the musical num
bers preceding and during the cere
mony.
Mrs. Charles Lemley sang and
violin numbers w’ere player by the
Misses Esther and Ruth Schumach
er, cousins of the bride. The bridal
chorus from “Lohengrin” was used
for the processional and Mendel
ssohn’s w’edding march for the re
cessional.
The bride, given in marriage by
hei’ father, wore a gown of w’hite
satin fashtoned
with a fitted bodice.
of honor, Mrs. Paul
The ma iron
L. Bodey, of I.ima, wore a goivn of
blue taffet i wr an overskirt of net,
fitted bodi id short sleeves.
Janice nt, niece of the bride,
as ring-bearer, carried the rinors on
a white eart shaped pillow. Her
floor lengt ss was of white satin.
James Crreen of Mt. Cory, bi■other
of the gr was the best man.
Paul Lugi i bun brother of the bride
and Kenm?th Jreen, brother of the
groom, were ushers.
A recep :ion of 100 invited guests
was held at the home of the bride’s
parents, following the ceremony.
Janice Hoffman, Rebecca Hoffstetter,
Doris Garmatter and Betty Edinger
served.
After a wedding trip the couple
w’ill reside at 503 North Main street,
Bowling Green, where the groom
w’ill attend college.
G. I. Terminal Leave
Blanks At Post Office
The long-awaited terminal leave
pay blanks are now available at the
Bluffton post office, according to
Postmaster Ed. S. Reichenbach.
A claim for settlement with de
tailed instructions as how to fill it
out and where to mail it for all
branches of the service may be se
cured at any time.
Any discharged enlisted man or
officer commissioned from the ranks
w’ho has terminal leave coming is
eligible for payment. Terminal
leave pay is computed by allowing
2% days per month times the total
time in the service less actual leave
or furlough granted, guard house
or brig duty, or delay in orders.
Applications may be sent in until
September 1, 1947, and payment will
be made in $25 bonds.
Rubbish Collection
Monthly collection of trash and
rubbish will start Thursday at noon.
Have everything in containers and
placed where it may be loaded easily
on the truck.
W. A. Howe, Mayor
APPRECIATED
I wish to thank all the friends
for the many cards of greeting and
goodwill sent to me on the occasion
of my 88th birthday anniversary.
W. W. Huber'
Basinger's Furniture Store
Forty-four Years of Dependable Service
Boutwell Reunion
The Lew’is Boutwell family held
their eighth annual reunion Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Romick northeast of Ada.
A basket dinner was enjoyed at
noon by the following:
Mr. and Mrs. John Boutwell, son
Billy Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bout
w’ell, son Marion and daughter
Marilyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Boutw’ell and daughter of Wharton.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Boutw’ell and
daughter and Lew’is Ladd of Toledo
Mr. and Mrs. Rayle Baughman, son
Larry Mrs. Mary Baughman and
granddaughters Sharon and Sue of
Dayton.
Mrs. Helen Pope of Phoenix,
Ariz. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Westcott,
sons Darrell, Ronnie and Russell
and daughters Nancy and Linda of
Ashtabula.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Schiltz, sons
Billy and Tommy and daughters
Mary and Martha of Findlay T/5
Merle Romick, Phoenixville, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Donilson, daugh
ters Jeanette and Carol, sons Bobbie
and Gary Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wol
ber, daughters Isabelle, Esther and
sons Edw’in and Jerry Mrs. Margar
et Boutwell of Lima, and Alvin Der
ringer of Ada and the host and
FORGET TIRE
WORRIES—
Bluffton, Ohio
235 W. College Avenue Phone 165-W
Mr. Motorist:
There’s still time to have your car
serviced for that Labor Day Outing-.
And here’s the biggest service
value in town—done by experienced
auto service men.
CRANKCASE FLUSHED AND OIL CHANGED
CHASSIS LUBRICATION
FRONT WHEELS REPACKED
TRANSMISSION & DIFFERENTIAL CHANGED
SPARK PLUGS CLEANED AND RESET
Our factory tire re
capping service for farm
tractors and cars takes
care of that.
THURSDAY, AUG. 29, 194g
hostess and family.
In the afternoon Miss Isabelle
Wolber, bride-elect of Sept. 1, was
escorted into the living room where
she was surprised with a lovely
kitchen show-er.
Birthday Surprise
A birthday’ dinner was enjoyed
Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Huber Jennings and family of
Clyde, in honor of Mrs. Huber Jen
nings. Present w’ere Mr. and Mrs.
Kright Klingler and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Huber and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Montgomery and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Montgomery
and sons, Mrs. Myron Trippiehorn
and daughters, and James Scott,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jennings,.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jennings and
family.
Scrubbing Tip
Cut away one side of a grocery
carton, then kneel in the box when
scrubbing floors to protect knees
and skirts.
INSURANT
Real Estate Broker
A. E. KOHLI
MUNSON R. BIXEU M. D.
Office Homrtf:
1-3 P. M. .Z/-8 P. M.
Office, Cherry St.
Phone 124^Y Bluffton. Ohio
SS.oo
Tax Included
SHINE AND
POLISH
You’ll be surprised at
the looks of your car
when we finish shining
it up.
Mobile Service Station
CORNER MAIN AND JEFFERSON I
Phone 333-W k
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A variety of beautiful styles.
Sofas that in an instant turn into
large double beds. Spring-filled.
You’ll be delighted with each and
every one of them.