The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-17

astronomy said it was an unusual
sight and the largest meteor he had
ever seen.
| Aid of this column is asked to
make happier the Christmas of a
soldiers wife, a bride of last sum-
mer, who left two rings-a wedding
and an engagement ring-in the
washroom of a Bluffton filling sta
ton on Labor day last September.
The couple discovered the loss short
ly after leaving the station but the
rings were gone when they returned.
Anyone having information thereon
is asked to communicate with Mrs.
James Sarb, 709 Kirkwood, Admission,
Alabama, or notify Marshal Lee
Coon or write the News, attention of
this column.
This comes from Paul Stauffer:
The old maid stood under the mistle-
toe and-waited and-waited and
waited and-waited.
Pvt. Jim Patterson is now located
at Patterson field His dad Ray
Patterson had Jimmie Howe fooled
the other day when he told him that
he was sorry that he sold Patterson
field to the government now that his
son is there.
1t seems that our college class
mate Tim Shenk from Conner, has
again blossomed into the national
limelight. At Bluffton college he
was always in some kind of stunt;
later on we heard of him as movie
extra in Hollywood; now newspaper
dispatches are carrying the account
of his cablegram to Timoshenko, the
Russian military commander. Tim,
a private at an army training camp
in California, sent the message to
Timoshenko, care of Joseph Stain
in Moscow. In the cable Tim tells
the general that they have some
thing in common besides a similar
name: They both have the desire to
lick Hitler. Tim says the cable
cost him nearly five dollars but that
it was worth it.
Many Bluffton boys are picking up
some nice little change from musk
rat trapping. The boys are getting
SITS per rat now and more if they
take the hide off. The following
have caught rats: John Dunbar, 35;
Clark Basinger, Is; Chauncey Ba-
singer, Is; Keith Kirkland, Ia; Larry
Miller, 8.
We noticed a large number of
skaters on the Buckeye Sunday after
noon. We noticed also quite a bit
of thin ice and wondered about the
danger involved. Wouldn't it be a
good idea to have one of the civic
minded organizations of the COM
munity flood one of the tennis courts
or other suitable locations for safe
ice skating? Why not take action
before some tragedy happens?
The Bluffton post office seems to
rule the roost at the Sportsmen's
club. Gene Benroth is president;
Jack Berry is treasurer; Ralph
Reichenbach is a director; Gerald
Huber is secretary. Ed r. Reichen-
bach, Woodrow Little and Ralph
Stearns are members. That's a real
bunch of go-getters and looks as if
the Sportsmens club would go places.
Whether its because Christmas is
coming with its suggestion of jingle
bells or something else, the youngs-
ters are going in for bells in a big
way. The boys have been wearing
them on their clothing and the girls
have fastened them to their hair
fastened by ribbons. Whatever the
utility they do attract attention to
the person as he walks.
There has been a lot of skating
down creek this year. In previous
years it was often impossible to do
this because it did not stay cold long
enough to provide an effective freeze.