The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-25

they stopped for red lights at street
intersections and scrupulously observ-
er traffic regulations generally. Army
units all too frequently speed thru the
business section with sirens open as
they crashed stop lights, endangering
life and limb of civilians. We believe
white troops would do we'll to follow
the example set by the colored boys.
Why not a comfortable, we'll kept
and heated rest room for women
shoppers who come to Bluffton, es-
pecially on Saturday afternoons and
evenings this winter. Bluffton is the
logical trading center for large ter
ritory and as we invite them to come
here let's make their stay so pleasant
that they will want to come again.
Complaints have been made that fa-
cilities in the town hall are outmoded.
There's project for some civic-mind-
ed group.
If you havn't any sons, the daught-
ers can do the job every bit as good,
so says William Aithaus living west
of town. You should have seen his
daughters, Ferol, 13, Treva 10 and
Janet, 6 picking up corn last Satur-
day.
Because they lost in Bible men,
orizing contest, Alice Schmidt, Alice
Ruth Pannabecker, Mary Louise Dean
and Margaret Diller entertained Jo-
anne Buhler, Louise Soldner, Harriet
Amstutz and Lois Harris last Satur-
day. Among the indignities suffered
by the losers was the requirement to
walk over bed springs blindfolded.
Sailing in barrel boats on the Big
Riley is the latest sport enjoyed by
several youngsters. Old barrels saw
ed in two lengthwise and the seams
calked constitute the new type of YES
sci built by the boys. Making the
boats were: John Bracy, Roger and
Scott Murray, Harold Core and Keith
Kirkland.
While parked in front Of the Ed
Lape residence on Grove street, the
car belonging to Mrs. Lenore Myers
suddenly took notion to start NOV
ing. Mrs. Myers quickly jumped in
to the car to stop the vericle just in
time to avert an accident.
Hats off to Joe Swank, son of
George Swank, who is making such
an outstanding record at the United
States Naval Training Station at
Great Lakes, Illionois. A member of
Co. 1510-A, Swank sent the honor
certificate to his father this week
The citation reads as follows:
"By virtue of the superior aptitude
manifested by Joseph Henry Swank
in assimiliting instruction given in
| the course of training for recruits al
this training station, his demonstrated
loyalty, attention to duty, dependa
bility, aptitude for naval life, evidence
of those qualities which ae particu
| larly characteristic of a real Man-of
Warsman, he is hereby designated
| honor man."
With the election of Elmer Stone
hill as cheer leader at Bluffton H. S
the fourth member of the Stonehil
family is now serving the school il
that capacity. Other members of tn,
family elected by the students to leaC
cheering were John, now one of Uncl,
SANS military police at Ft. Knox
KY; JoAnn, now Mrs. Robert Dillmal
and Carolyn, member of last year.
graduating class taking up nurse
training in Toledo.
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| Ten junior high school boys, in tn,
art classes under the instruction O
Mrs. r. A. Lantz, have elected t,
construct Indian villages as a semes
ter project. The following hav,
started their villages: Pueblo, Chas
Stonehill, Richard Newland, Huber
Basinger; Cave Indians, Junior Ba
singer, Roger Murray, Harold Core
Karl Basinger; Wigwam villages, Ra,
Follas, Richard Minck, Charles Swank
| =
| Dick Rockey suffered painful &C