The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-08

Grove. Taking part in the fray
were: Sylvan, Allen and Ralph
! Burkholder; Forrest, Kenneth and
Jay Basinger; Leland Amstutz,
Harold Spalinger, Charles Lora,
Jack Palmer, Milton Mayberry and
Paul Vandemark.
Richard Newlin's cat, "Bibs" had
three kittens; Doris Jean Bader-
tscher's cat, "Tops" had four kittens.
Wondering where the smell of
burning cloth was coming from,
Mrs. Richard Carts, the former
Betty Triplett, suddenly became
aware that her own sweater was
burning. Looking in mirror she
saw that the entire back of the
sweater was burned out. Trying to
find the origin of "this most per-
sonal" blaze Betty concluded that
she must have backed into the gas
range while preparing the meal.
Corn was planted in April this
year in the Bluffton district. Ray
Lora, west of the Hilty school, be-
lieved to be the first to plant, start
ed last Wednesday.
A fine specimen of elm tree stood
in the right of way of the newly
opened Huber street which was
graded last week--and it's still
standing. The roadway swings
around on either side of the tree
with ample room for all traffic
which the street will be called upon
to accommodate.
The Toledo Symphony orchestra
which has been making musical his
tory this past winter has two men,
bers formerly from Bluffton-Homer
and Oscar Luginbuhl. Oscar plays
in the viola section and Homer bass
clarinet. Both men received their
early musical training in Bluffton
and now rank with the ninety lead
ing Toledo musicians who compose
the organization. Both are en-
ployed as piano tuners and repair
men for large Toledo firm.
Marshal Lee Coon may be o. K.
for police and street duty but he
rates no great shakes as fireman
and you may take that as coming
from Chief Guy Corson himself. 1t
all happened Monday morning when
the telephone central rang the chief
for fire alarm about 5 o'clock.
"Shall | call Marshal Coon? ?" queried
the central operator who was new
to the job. NAV, let him sleep, he
can't help" muttered the chief as
he started for fire department head
quarters.
The old grocery stunt of calling in
few passersby when a group of
gypsies drop in was used at Com
munity Market last Saturday when
a group of Mexicans driving thru
town stopped to replenish their
larder. The precautions, however,
apparently were unnecessary as the
boys from south of the border paid
cash for everything and their pur-
chases ran into volume enough for
an army regiment. When they left
the stores bread rack was as bare
as Mother Hubbard's cupboard.
Gyp, pet dog of Zitella Gettles
died Saturday. Gyp, who received
broken leg month ago when hit
by car was apparently recovering
after having had his leg in a cast
and his death came Unexpectedly.
They swung wicked bats-those
Findlay varsity sluggers when they
encountered the Bluffton College
Beavers baseball nine here the other
day and the way the Findlay boys
knocked the ball into the thicket
beyond the ball field was something
which even the old timers had never
seen before. They do say that the
Beavers center fielder resembled
Daniel Boone as he emerged from
the underbrush at the end of the
game. And Coach Burcky's taking
aspirin.
S funny, unused Oswin Lugin-
buhl of the Bluffton Implement &
Harness company the other day
commenting on the fact that the
sale of lawn mowers this spring is
the largest in years-and that at a
time of one of the driest springs
on record.