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

exactly in the line of duty. He came
to visit friends in Bluffton, flying two
thirds the distance across the country
for that purpose. The training plane
in which he made the trip was park
ed at Dayton where it was guarded
by detail of the army's military po-
lice. The young flying officer stated
that he could have flown to Lima but
he was uncertain whether there would
be any army men TO guard the plane,
which is required by military regula-
tions.
There's nothing being said about it
publicly but the word is going around
that lot of Bluffton tennis stalwarts
are deserting the net game for golf.
Latest detection from tennis ranks
is that of Clair Fett, veteran of many
a hard fought court battle and one
of the old guard racket-weilders who
was seen teeing off on the links, Sun
day. Then there's Woody Little who
seems to have laid up his racket for
set of clubs-but Woody says it's
just because he's had his tonsils out
recently and wants something tempor-
arily not quite so strenuous.
Boy, are those three Patterson
brothers getting into the limelight-
they're just about going to run the
horse show at Joe Morrison's ranch
south of Cairo next Sunday afternoon.
1t all started when Morrison stopped
at Pats barber shop and asked Ray
Patterson if he would serve as Judge
of horsefesh at the show. Ray as
sented. When Morrison inquired
where he might find another judge to
assist, Ray suggested his brother
Charles who also knows his horses,
and was accepted. Morrison said
that took care of everything except
an announcer. Ray ventured that he
had another brother, Ralph, who
handled the mike at ball games-so
the announcing problem was solved.
Before leaving, Morrison expressed
regrets that he didn't have some other
jobs for Rays two other brothrs-
Don and Rob.
We're glad to know that someone
reads this column. Coach Burcky got
a big laugh when he read the follow
ing in Mainly Personal last week:
"Cliff Elliott looked up and saw his
dog, Buster, swapping at the tail of
chicken almost a block away"
Burckey says he didn't know Elliott's
dog had such long neck.
Most places the downtown coach
es' are the big pain in the neck as
far as the regular coaching staff is
concerned. But they do things diff
erently in Bluffton and Coach Diller
of the high school and the local foot
ball kibitzers had a really chummy
gettogetker last Thursday night in
frank discussion of give and take
on the Pirates football prospects,
Looks like good idea and we hope
it continues.
Regalia of the abandoned Odd Eel
low lodge on the top floor of the town
hall will be removed probably this
week by the state organization. Pass
ing of the order here recalls a bygone
era when the lodge fourished with q
large and influential membership in
the days when fraternal orders were
in their prime half-century ago.
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The American public has developed
a craze for bowling-and you may
put that down on the authority of A
t. "Pude" Worthington who has spent
a lifetime in the commercial recrea
tional field. Worthington, former
Bluffton motion picture impresario
has operated the bowling alleys a
Lakeside the past summer. He wax
here last week and said the alley.
We're open from 10 in the morning un
til II at night with the balls constant
ly rolling.
A detachment of colored troop!
driving army trucks thru town tn,
other day set a good example whei