The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-18
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Authorities on the Pacific coast
are taking no chances since outbreak
of the war, writes Mrs. L. E. Sum-
ney from North Hollywood, Calf, to
her sister, Mrs. Eli Fett. Mrs. Sum-
ney who left Ft. Wayne last fall to
spend the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. VIM. Rediger at North Holly
wood says that blackouts of San
Francisco, San Pedro and Golden
Gate bridge are being enforced. Also
radio programs are being discontin-
ued at night, except for bulletins at
quarter-hour intervals. Residents
near strategic military points are be-
ing evacuated, she says An hour
is required to change shifts at the
big Lockheed airplane works, with
motor cars filling the wide highway
three and four abreast, the letter
stated.
Oswin Luginbuhl, one of the stall
warts in the violin section was
missing from the orchestra at the
annual Messiah rendition last Sun
day afternoon. Oswin has played
in the orchestra at Messiah concerts
for the past thirty years. This year,
just for a change he says, he was
in the audience. An accomplished
amateur, music is his hobby and
gives him many hours of enjoyment.
1t just doesn't seem like the same
army, since Pearl Harbor, writes
Corporal James West, in a letter to
Mayor Howe. The letter from Cor
poral Jim, who is Bluffton's city
clerk on leave for army service dur
ing the emergency was read at coun-
Gil meeting, Monday night. That un-
provoked Jap attack in Hawaii did
more for army morale than anything
else possibly could, West wrote. A
grumbling, complaining and grousing
lot of trainees who just couldn't see
the use of army routine snapped out
of their apathy as if by magic-and
it looks and acts now like a real
army. Attitude of the men is
Those Japs asked for it-and
they're going to get it,. The men
even took the news of cancellation
of all Christmas furloughs without
batting an eye, he said.
And Corporal Jim at Ft. Bliss,
Texas, found out it's small world
after ALL He discovered the other
day that his commanding officer was
formerly a representative of the
Dupont interests and called regularly
at the Bluffton plant of the Central
Ohio Light & Power company here.
Said he we'll remembered Bluffton be-
cause of its brilliant boulevard
lighting on Main street. BY the
way Jim's experience as clerk in the
Citizens bank here came in handy
he has charge of all financial mat
ters for his battalion-and has no
guard or k. p. duty.
Although winter doesn't officially
begin until Sunday there are plenty
of evidences that old man winter
has jumped the gun. Youngsters
were seen skating on Riley creek
over the week end 4. the boys are
throwing snowballs i. the streets
are frozen solid heavy over
coats have made their appearance
:. cold wind whistles down Chin
neys at night :. frozen automobile
radiators have made their appear
ance . kids can be seen with their
sleds coasting down hills the in
vigorating tang of cold air can be
felt on ones cheeks X. the kids
are wearing their ear muffs.
Being located adjacent to a ply
sician's office, the Hankish Fruit
store is occasionally mistaken for a
drug store. Just this week a woman
came into the store and asked Ruth
Hankish for medicinal prescrip-
tion with a name so long that Ruth
was almost fioored. 1t was with
some difficulty that the idea was
conveyed to the prospective customer
that the Hankish store was not hand
ling that type of merchandise and
either drug store would be only toe
glad to fill the prescription.
Mary Louise Dean has developed
the ability of making bracelets out