The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-03
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"e piioiily SHuHle OF maybe
they ration gas at the North Pole
or doesn't Santa Claus use gas
Tor travelling -. !. and if you didn't
start out with full gas tank Tues
day you were an exception gas
stations did rushing business all
day Monday =. and the password
was fill 'er up" -. but now your
moneys no good at the pumps unless
you have the little coupon -. pre-
cious things used to be worth their
weight in gold but now they'll
be worth their weight in gas :.
or tires :. or coffee or sugar
and there will be lot more things
added to this list next year and
some car owners have taken to walk
ing inor der to save up the 80 units
OF gas now available in "a" books
for a trip during the holidays.
The snow which came last Satur-
day night brought forth from some
of the oldtimers that an early snow
the last half of the month means
lots of snow during the winter.
Guess We'll have to watch it.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Scoles can't
be partial to the army, navy or the
marines since they have son in
each of the three services. Glen in
the navy has returned to this
country after trip to Africa with
the naval convoy. Robert in the
army and Dale in the marines are
still in training in this country.
No mail delivery on Thanksgiving
day, but a half-dozen Bluffton fam
lilies received mail from sons in the
service just the same. Postmaster
Reichenbach telephoned those to
whom the letters were addressed and
the letters were more welcome than
turkey dinner to the home folks.
Pvt. Norman Edinger of Ft. Bliss,
Texas sends US his address and says
he hopes it will bring him lots of
letters from Bluffton. So do a good
turn and drop CHEEKY letter to him,
all you Bluffton letter writer's. His
address appears elsewhere in this
issue.
Harvey Bauman, former Bluffton
college student and handy man about
town and is now teaching in a rural
school in eastern Pennsylvania is
getting a lot of publicity as
champion speller. Harvey last fall
entered a Grange spelling contest
and won everything in his county
and now goes this month to Harris
burg where the state grange spelling
bee will be held with each county
sending its winning contestant.
Keeping crew of thirty railroad
job-and if you don't believe it ask
Leroy Mortimer, chief cook for the
gang who are working on the Nickel
Plate right of way. The men are
living in bunk cars on the siding.
Mortimer, whose home is in Frank
fort, Ind, is an experienced hand at
the business and he and his assist
ant are serving up cooking "just
like mother used to-.
There may be such a thing as
dumb bunny" but those pheasants
are smart-and you can take it
from Bluffton hunters that the birds
apparently know they are safe as
long as they stay in soy bean fields.
Anyway the soybean patches are
furnishing plenty of cover for
pheasants this fall and for that
reason the bag of birds is not as
large as some preseason estimates
had anticipated.
No longer is hunting strictly a
male prerogative. We have been
hearing of some out-of-town women
who have been hunting in the fields
and woods here but we believe this
is the first time we have heard of
local high school girls joining the
nimrods. Last Thursday Ellen Bas-
niger, LaDonna and Louise Johnson
enjoyed their hunting experience
very much. Oh yes, we forgot to
add-they were accompanied by
their fathers and brothers.
The heavy wet snow Sunday was
ideal for rolling snow balls, building
snow houses and for throwing snow
balls. We noticed fine snow house
built in front of Lincoln hall.
Architects were Jimmie Howe, Lanoy
Loganbill and Addison Myers.
Just one year ago today Buttons
Goth annual mid-winter fair got
under way. The show continued for
three days thru Friday climaxed by
the parade in the afternoon. War
conditions already had lessened the
number of livestock entries last year
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