The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23


hours.
Until the recent death of his
great grandfather Adolpn Badert-
scher, little Jessie Lee Badertscher,
s months old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lyle Badertscher of Mound street,
had four sets of great-grand par
ents. Great-grand parents living are
Mrs. Adolph Badertscher, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. S. Hochstettler of Bluffton;
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rainey and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Logan of Raw
son.
Puzzled when subpoenas were
served upon them, several Bluffton
High school faculty members were
quite disturbed until further reading
of the subpoena showed that it was
a unique invitation from an athletic
supply house in Toledo. Sidney
Stettler, Dwight Diller and Gerhard
Buhler were recipients of the fol-
lowing summons: Subpoena on the
part of the Grand and Benevolent
Order of Cider Drinkers Doughnut
Dunkers to appear on the oath day
of October 1941 between the hours
of 500 a. m. and 500 p. m. at the
court headquarters.
Inside the folder read "You are
required to attend, under penalty of
forever hereafter keeping silent
about your dunking and eating
prowess, before said court, and to
demonstrate your technique of afore-
said dunking and your methods of
properly holding the lusciously
Drowned doughnut. The present
record of glasses of cider and IL
doughnuts held by an unnamed de-
fendant, is the mark which you are
to attempt to surpass. After testi-
flying and demonstrating your abil-
tiles at the above named activities,
you will be held without bail, to
mingle with your old friends and
cronies who will be here, attending
the Northwestern Ohio Teachers
Convention" The supply house has
furnished cider and doughnuts to the
athletic fraternity for many years
and the Bluffton men have usually
taken advantage of the opportunity
at the annual convention.
Richard Newlan, Bluffton Junior
High school student, is just recover
ing from severe case of poison ivy.
In playing football one day last
week he came in contact with the
leaf which sent him to bed for sew
eral days with badly swollen face
Many people are allergic to the ivy
and in some cases actual contact
with the leaf is not necessary to
contact the poison. Especially on a
hot day is the infection more likely
to take place.
You should see the attractive
rings and decorative objects that the
boys in the industrial arts depart
ment at the high school are making
from plastic materials.
Gene Patterson is the proud pos
SCISSOR of a new Boy Scout uniform
which his father bought for him
Saturday. Gene now has the rank
of tenderfoot in Bluffton Scout troop
No. Sc.
Not satisfied with what they found
at the haunted house on Bentley
road last week another group of
boys continued their investigation of
the house on Sunday. Among the
items uncovered by the boys was a
Findlay Enquirer with the date 1879.
The following boys biked out to the
old deserted home: Dick Kuhn, Joe
and Marvin Bronson, Francis and
Harold Kohl. Nothing exciting de-
veloped at the house so the boys
biked out to the farm home of a
classmate, Stanley Miller. Here they
had a much more exciting time rid
ing ponies and horses.
Louise Soldner had the scare of
her life when she visited at the
country home of Phyllis Marquart,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Marquart. While she was walking
near the barn one of the mules gave
a blood curdling scream. Never hav-
ing heard such an animal before
Louise was almost beside herself in
fright until Phyllis explained that
the terrifying noise came from a
perfectly harmless farm beast OF
burden.
If you see Fred Gettles limpine
down street it is, not due to faller
arches but rather it is due to dog
hairs. 1t seems that Gettles while
in his stocking feet at home has q
tendency to pick up dog hairs ir
his stockings which work into the
flesh causing considerable pain.