The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-04

pumpkin pie, ice cream moulds, fruit
cake, bread and butter, assorted fruit
candy assorted nuts, cigars, cigar
cites, cider, coffee, milk.
Included with the menu were greet
ings from Brig. Gen. Wallace DeWitt
to the patients and personnel of the
hospital. On the frcnt of the menu
was a turkey with the caption, king
For Day."
Using their goat for q pack horse,
Roger and Scott Murray together
with Harold Core transported food
and equipment for a weiner roast
which they held Saturday on the
banks of the Riley creek near the A.
C. & Y. railroad.
Mistaking a used car lot in Find
lay for a parking lot, Miss Florence
Duffield, Bluffton High school COM
mercial instructor, almost lost her car
Saturday when one of the salesman
began to show it to customer. Miss
Duffield came on the scene and let it
be known that her car definitely was
not for sale and that it was all a
mistake.
Joan Buhler and Alice Pannabecker
under the tutelage of Patsy Schmidt
were seen practicing fancy skating on
the cement tennis court near Harmon
stadium Saturday. The girls report
ed number of skinned knees and
banged up elbows.
Jake Nusbaum, residing east of
town, reports that his son Robert in
Uncle Sans navy changes locations
so often that he can hardly keep up
with his various activities. Having
volunteered for the navy shortly after
his graduation from Bluffton High
school in the class of 1884, Robert has
seen action in various parts of the
world. Mr.. and Mrs. Nusbaum have
received letters from Hawaii, Philip
pines, Alaska and many other distant
points in both hemispheres. Nusbaum
says that he isn't sure what his sons
activities are but that he is classified
as a gunner. At the present time
Robert is cruising off the coast of
California on one of Uncle Sans ves-
sells in the rapidly expanding naval
force.
When his mother sent him on an
errand to buy some butter down town.
Richard Minck rode only few yards
on his bicycle when the back tire went
fiat. He took tire off of his other
bike and quickly finished the job.
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Quite in contrast to usual deserted
condition of Bluffton's streets the fore
part of the week at night, it was al
most impossible to find place tc
park. Attracted by Bluffton's annual
winter fair large numbers of farmers
were in town making entries and ar
rangements for showings which start
| ed Wednesday.
Just because President Roosevelt
tinkered with the date of Thanks
giving, Rev. H. t. Unruh OF the
First Mennonite church is short one
good turkey dinner. 1t all happen
ed when the Bluffton minister was
| in Newton, Kansas, November 20 to
attend meeting of the peace COM
mittee of his denomination. Unfor-
| tunately Kansas elected to stick tc
| the traditional Thanksgiving date 8
| week later-so no turkey dinner
| Last week when he returned tc
Bluffton, Thanksgiving was past
also the turkey dinner. Too bad.
"a bird in the hand is worth two
in the husband Leon Link
Hauenstein of Links place car
vouch for the truth of it after &
hunting incident the other day
While afeld Link sighted two large
cock pheasants in a briar patch
directly in line within easy range
Nothing like getting two birds with
one shot, he thought as he took
careful aim pulled the trigger-anc
missed both of them. He says he
was certain to have gotten one il
he had not tried to bag both.
Allen Scoles, 18-year old calf club
member who exhibited his Hereford
steer at the Cleveland Livestock ex
position a week ago was the lucky
boy from this part of the state. Oh
the hundreds of boys and girls en-
tered in calf club competition tel
were selected by lot to- attend {
banquet and program at the Cleve
land Civic auditorium where were
gathered some of the country's lead
ing livestock men and meat packers
The group without even changing
clothes went direct from the cattl,
pens to the auditorium where the!
were given seats of honor on tht