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PAGE TWO Have you a MONEY Problem? Such as: —Investment for income —Retirement ihcome —College educational plan —Accumulation) of a sum for any definite purpose Former Bluffton Girl Sees Golt Cup Matches On Famed Scottish ourse An account of the alker up match on the famed St. Andrews Golf course in Scotland May is contained in the following letter received by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein from their daughter Mrs. Wm. Tod of Galashiels, Scot land. the former Barbara Joyce Hauenstein: “We saw the Walker Cup Match at St. Andrews, Saturday. The day was perfect and We had a marvelous time. i “We got up at 6:30 and while I packed a lunch Willie did the break fast dishes so we were able easily to catch the 8:40 into Edinburgh where we boarded an Aberdeen train which got us into St. Andrews about noon. “As Willie not only had seen the last Walker Cup Match there but had also played on the course he knew the most advantageous spot in which to watch the proceedings on the 17th hole—a very difficult Let us talk over your problems. We may be of service to you. Only Federally Registered certifi cates sold. G. T. Soldner 409 Cherry St. Phone 163-Y 4 Open Si Adults Adults Honoring the memory Heroes living and dead this store will be closed all day on Memorial Day, one to play. "The course is long and narrow bounded by the railroad on one side and the North Sea on the other. “To a St. Andrews’ man the sight of the stars at night is a hint that the time has come to uproot daisies from a green. When he sees a shooting star I am sure he cries, ‘What a drive'”’ A quote from Morton’s In Search of Scotland. There is quite an article in the book on the golfing tradition at St. Andrews. “After we saw the eight players on both sides play the 17th we walk ed around the club house and saw the first pair tee off for the second round (they had eaten lunch mean time.) “Willie and I were quite brazen for of all the thousands of people there we seemed to be the only ones who had brought along a picnic lunch which we ate while waiting for the players to arrive at the 17th 1016.. The lunch was wrapped in two Bluffton Newses which had arrived Saturday morning and w-hich I took along to read on the train. Willie and I wondered where the crowd had eaten because in going up town later we saw hardly any eating establ ishm ents. “There were four American wives who accompanied their husbands and followed them around th# course. As we were leaving I spotted an American girl, a spectator like us, by her clothes and hair-do and spoke to her. “Her husband is with the Associat ed Press in London, and as a golf fan had come up to cover the totfr nament. Her home is in Kansas and they have been over since August on a three year stretch, and BUCKEYE SWIMMING LAKE Bluffton’s Municipal Pool s for the Season nday, Juno 1 SEASON TICKETS: £3.00 Students $2.00 jSINGLE ADMISSIONS: 15c Students 10c hildren Under 5 Years 5c Friday, May 3G. Deliveries on Thursday Barnes Grocery |_inGlo CLEAR GLOSS COATING ^pToricrs 'MW''*0 Quick toDry y of our LINOLEUM MUCH EASTER. TO CLEM Greding Hardware ROCKET IS POSSIBLE A-BOMB DEFENCE already she seems very homesick. “The town of St. Andrews is very old, very quaint and full of charm. When you come over this summer it is a “must” on our list. The Univer sity is built around a courtyard and is very old, the oldest in Scotland I think—built on the Oxford tradition. Besides the University the other show places are the remains of a Cathedral and the ruins of St. Rules Tower. “I might add that golf in St. Andrews is a sport in its most democratic form. It is said that the famous links faithfully reproduce Dr. Clarence E. Macartney, who will be the speaker at Bluffton col lege commencement exercises next Monday, is a son of the manse and was reared in an atmosphere of plain living and high thinking. Bom at the little hamlet of North wood, Ohio, where his father was a minister of the Reformed Presby terian church, he spent most of his boyhood days at Beaver Falls, Pa., where his father was professor of science at Geneva college. At 15, his family moved to Cali fornia where he finished high school and junior college. He completed his undergraduate work at the Univers ity of Wisconsin where he achieved distinction as a debater and orator. Following college, Dr. Macartney traveled abroad then worked in the newspaper field for awhile. Later he entered Princeton Theological seminary, and upon graduation was ordained to the gospel ministry by the Presbytery of ersey City, N. J. His first charge was at the historic First Presbyterian church of Pater son, N. J. At present he is pastor of the famous First Presbyterian church of Pittsburgh. College Commencement Speaker Has Wide Background As Traveler, Author Dr. Macartney is a great traveler, and for many years has followed the trail of St. Paul in his journeys over the Mediterranean world. He ACOUSTICON 1 0Wi Case—This Is All You Wear. Dependability Assured by 44 Years' Experience WE MVITE COMPARISON Fittings by appointment at HOfSo. Lawn Ave„ by Mrs,' Walter Gratz Bluffton, Ohio OD NEWS FLEX-STEEL LIBERTY VENETIAN BLINDS Add beauty and glamour to your windows. Venetian Blinds made to your special meas urements. Liberty Blinds have pat terned fascia and brackets which enclose the mech anism .. 154* tape with cable cross ladders braided tilt cord and at tractive pulL S I 2S U Approximately three weeks de livery on made to measure blinds. Call for estimates. Basinger’s Furniture Store 45 Years of Dependable Service THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO i I vi THE RADIO-CONTROLLED PROJECTILE, pictured here on the aunching ramp in the plant where it was manufactured, has under gone successful flight tests in Britain. Named the Stooge, it has an endurance of 40 seconds, a speed of over 500 miles an hour, and a range of about eight miles. The rocket’s accuracy and manoeuyer abinty lead its British designers and constructors to consider it a good defence weapon with possibilities, when further developed, against bombers carrying atom bombs. Stooge’s length is 754 feet, its wing span just under 7 feet, and its weight 738 pounds. the spirit of a game whose first championship match was played by a king and a tradesman in partner ship against two nobles.. “Another quote from Morton’s book: ‘Golf today,’ said Mr. Kinskill, ‘is a ladies game compared with the golf I remember at St. Andrews half a century ago. I remember playing with the hand-hammered gutta-percha halls. Damned annoy ing things when they broke! The rule in those days was that you put the new ball on the place where the largest fragment of the old one fell!’ has visited almost every place men tioned in the New Testament in connection with St. Paul. His experiences relating the jour neys will be published in a new book Dr. Macartney now is writing. His travels also have taken him to the Isle of. Patmos and the Seven Churches of Asia and to other places associated with St. John. In his preaching, Dr. Macartney has invaded almost every province of the preacher’s empire. He is known as a defender of the cardinal doctrines of Christian faith, but has also achieved distinction for his ser mons in the field of Christian bi ography. What are called his sermons from life, based on incidents of pastoral experiences, have distinguished his preaching. Dr. Macartney also has found time to work and write in the field of his tory. He is a recognized authority on the Civil war, and has also writ ten many books on western Pennsyl vania. His latest book, “Preaching Without Notes,” gives his theory and practice of fishing. All told he is the author of 42 volumes in the fields of theology, homiletics, biogra phy and history. Bring Remains Here For Burial Monday Remains of Noah E. Amstutz, 62, former Bluffton resident, were brought here Monday for burial in Maple Grove cemetery. Mr. Amstutz, a retired decorator and painter, moved from Bluffton to Lima about 25 years ago where he has since resided. His death oc curred at St. Rita’s hospital in that city Thursday morning at 1:30 o’clock following an extended illness. Services were held at Davis-Miller funeral home, Lima, Monday morn ing. Officiating was Rev. Paul Graeser of the Lima First Reformed church of which he was a member. He was bom in Berne, Ind., May 21, 1885, the son of Abraham and Anna Baumgartner Amstutz. Surviving are four children: Wilma and Richard at the Evangelical and Reformed Children’s home in Ft. Wayne Mrs. Mary Anna Edwards and Wilford Amstutz, both of Lima. A brother William Amstutz of Berne, Ind., and sister, Mrs. Levi Gable of Bluffton also survive. News Want Ads get results. include meat ip^your menu. Always ready to serve you. SWANK BROS. Fresh and Salt Meats’ Youth Speaker REV, Richard Reilly, leader and principal speaker for the young people’s rally to be held at Ebenezer Mennonite church from Friday to Sunday night. Rev. Reilly, director of the Youth for Christ movement in Elkhart, Ind., will be assisted by Freeman Burkhalter of Berne, Ind., song leader. Program for the rally appears in announcements for the Ebene zer church in this edition. _________ Solemnize Wilch Fisher Wedding Roma Wilch of Beaverdam, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilch of Arlington became the bride of Charles Fisher, son of Mrs. Ed Fisher of Kalida in a ceremony at the home of the bride’s parents, Wednesday afternoon, May 21 at 2 o’clock. The date was also the birthday anniversary of. the bride’s mother. Rev. Lee B. Remaley of Arling ton officiated in the single ring ceremony in a room decorated in flowers of the season. The bride wore an aqua blue dress with corsage of pink and white carna tions. A wedding supper was served Sunday evening at 6 o’clock at the Fisher home for 33 guests. The table was decorated with flowers and centered with a miniature bride and groom. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilch, Arlington Mrs. Ed Fisher, Kalida Mr. and Mrs. Dillon Fisher and two sons, Benton Ridge Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Hummon and son, Toledo Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Garlinger and tw’o daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Fisher, son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Amstutz, Robert and Ray Wilch, Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wilch and daughter, Arlington Mr. and Mrs. John Young, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dowmey and son, Beaverdam Miss Doris Fisher, at home and the honored guests, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher. The evening was spent informally, followed by refreshments. The couple will reside on the Fisher farm two miles southeast of Bluffton. APPRECIATED I w-ish to thank all the many friends who called on me while a patient in Bluffton hospital also those who sent cards and flowers. Mrs. Otto Badertscher THANKS FRIENDS My sincere thanks to all w-ell wishers during my recent stay in the hospital. Mrs. Don Reams Forrest G. Ketner, secretary-man ager, Producers Livestock Coopera tive Association, Columbus, was re elected president of the Ohio Council of Farm Cooperatives on May 8. A. C. Patzer, manager, Grove City Farmers* Exchange, w-as reelected vice-president, and Walter L. Bluck is executive secretary. The Council is a waitch-and-ward agency for farmer cooperative activities in Ohio. Bye Appeal Mates with Thrifty Buying when you Build Your Permanent Home of Colorful Frederic Andrews Weds In Kentucky The marriage of Orpha Johnson Dunbom, daughter of Mrs. Edna Johnson, Wauseon, Ohio, and Fred eric Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Andrew’s, Bluffton, took place Friday, May 16 in the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. Joseph Fix of Newport, Kentucky. The House of Perfect Sound It’s all about Love... and just about Cksrlte VftgMUa FieW Hits JttboirfMk Fitts Directed by AION SereeMplay by LmmwwhI SpUelfMi DUNBRIK it’s modem, smart, streamlined brick light In weight moisure-resistant, tremendously strong, and fire-sale. With color values present in almost endless variety. .. Yet Dunbrik is economical. In fact, Dunbrik-Dun stone bring masonry wall construction within the price range of frame. Upkeep costs practically nil. Write or telephone for literature and prices. Better still, visit our plant and see the product laid up in colorful wnll sections. Bluffton Cement Block, Inc, Phone 213-W or 365-W Authorized Dunbrik Manufacturer 1 aah with GEORGE RAFT ANN BARI TUESDAY-WEDN CSDAY DangerousiHillions also FIVE CARTOONS and Bluffton Cream, Eggs THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947 The bride was attired in a lime green suit with brow’n accessories and a gardenia corsage. The bride attended Wauseon high school. The groom, a graduate of Beaverdam high school, served three years overseas with the army. They will reside in Beaverdam. BLUFFTON, OHIO THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY Men are better when they are old, things when they are new. Ohio Offers Friei Matinee Every Sun., 3 P. M. Continuous Loretta David young -Jliven HALIVALLIS’ HOOUCIIO* iCSefet Marria3e' w w with EDDIE ALBERT A PARAMOUNT PICTURE SUNDAY-MONDAY NOCTURNE Lew Lehr Treat Watch for “THE YEARLING’ Coming Soon Learn To fly Under G.I.Bjll Bluffton Flying Service PHONE 588-W BLUFFTON FARMERS PRODUCE idly Service Buy rs of ROUTE 322 N. Main Street Bluffton Phone 284-W INSURANCE Real Estate Broker /(j/ and Poultry SERVICE CLAYTON HARKNESS, Mgr. JiOHLI Bluff tc 235 W. College Avenue H, Ohio Phone 165-W