The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-05-28

ing down PandofaWay :. might
go and see . and turn out for
Memorial exercises too Maple
Grove all trimmed and clipped for
the occasion and peonies Just
getting into bloom we'll miss
the Grand Army men :. World war
buddies taking their place and
there's Charley Gazette and Frank
Cunningham and Hod Murray of the
Spanish when we re-
membered the Maine instead of
Pearl Harbor.
And speaking of Maple Grove,
there's a wary old cock pheasant
who seems to regard the cemetery
as his special bailiwick. Custodian
Baumgartner says the bird evidently
is an old-timer and apparently smart
enough to stay out of the picture
during the hunting season. Fine
looking specimen, says Albert.
The old saw that precious things
come in small packages applies to
sugar-never realized that a half
pound was that small. Can't decide
whether to spread it thin to last all
week-or go all out for rhubarb pie
:. looks like pie now.
The girls got an unexpected break
when sugar ration books came out.
Rumor has it that the subdebs are
using their ration books of all
things to settle disputes with
the headwaiter as to who is and who
isn't a minor each book lists
the holders age. So it's an i'll
wind that blows no good and the
ration book rates Importance equal
to the powder puff nowadays.
1t was a good idea-to put high
school boys and girls on the farms
for work this summer. Only trouble
is that it isn't working out re-
suits at the high school here are
negligible. Difficulty seems to be
from both sides-farmers wary of
hiring help largely inexperienced,
consequently lacking efficiency and
more apt to have accidents which in
most cases would leave the farmer
liable. High school youths on the
other hand eyeing the city for a
summers experience more
pleasure and higher, pay-the same
situation that drained off all the
surplus farm labor months ago.
Looks like the farmer will have to
depend on his family for labor sup
ply as was done during harvest sea-
son last summer.
Homer Gratz, west of town is
putting out sugar beets this year
with a group of Mexicans living on
the farm taking care of the labor
angle. They are seen in town sew
eral times each week shopping.
Comes a letter from Earl Mohler
who recalls that it was forty years
ago that he graduated from Bluffton
high. Earl is in Birmingham, Ala,
where he expanded the organization
"Mohler's Flowers" now consisting
of two flower shops and a third To-
cation specialized in flowers, seeds
and plants.
Ohio may rise and take a bow
Mrs. o. D. Brennan of Glendora,
Calf, in town the other day and
said she thought Ohio much lovelier
at this time of year than California.
Mrs. Brennan, the former Fairy
Agin came east to visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Agin formerly
of Bluffton now living in Ada.
Picked up on the Main stem
lots of visitors in town first of the
week attending college graduation
j. and buying picture postcards to
send to the folks back home
there goes Jack Fisher, baseball fan
and No. / booster for Cincinnati
Reds army jeeps going thru by
the truckload like autos used to in
days before Pearl Harbor.
Something new-collecting antique
buttons. Mrs. Verne McClintock of
Pandora has an interesting and un-
usual hobby. She has large col
lection which was recently displayed
at meeting of the Pandora Parent
Teacher association. Mrs. Nc
Clintock says the antique buttons
are more varied and unusual than
those of present day manufacture.
Whenever possible she collects two
of each kind.
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