The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-10
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no longer does the attendant ask
How many?" or Fill 'er up"
now they pop this question: -Four,
eight or IL gallons" and be
sure your tank will hold as much
gas as you ask for because the
coupons are no good after being de-
tached :. and Sunday was dull
day on the roads lots of people
getting acquainted with their homes
over the weekend and Bluffton
stores report lots of Christmas
business despite gas rationing +.
looks as if therell be pretty much
of an old-fashioned Christmas, de-
spite blackout of some of the trim
mings =. and just final reminder
to mail your Christmas cards early
and give the postman break.
If you saw a robin, would it be
the last one of the fall season, or
the first to arrive from the south for
the coming spring? That's what
Sidney Stettler has been pondering
this week. He sighted the bird near
the st. John Reformed church, Sun
day-but he doesn't know whether
it was enroute south for the winter,
or coming back north for next
spring.
And speaking of migrating south,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Bessire, former
Bluffton residents of Nashville, Ind,
are enjoying their usual winter out
ing at Bradenton, Florida. However
war conditions and gas rationing
have greatly decreased the number
of tourists in the south, he says.
Many of the spots formerly occupied
by tourists are now used to house
soldiers.
How the multiplicity of govern
ment bureaus operate at cross pur-
poses adding confusion to the war
effort was experienced by Bluffton
this week when the towns request
for new fire truck was denied by
WPB. The ruling from WPB stated
that Bluffton was not sufficiently i'm
portant in the war effort to rate the
fire equipment. This stand was al
most exactly opposite what the town
was told by Civilian Defense of
ficials last spring. Civilian Defense
rated Bluffton as one of the most
vital spots in the state. Now some
body must be wrong.
Death of Father Clement Falter,
American Catholic chaplain killed in
North Africa, November s, was of
special significance to Corporal Chas.
Hankish, Jr., home on furlough the
past week. Father Falter, a native
of Landeck, was instructor in Eng
lish at St. Joseph's college, College
vile, Ind, during the four years
Hankish spent at that place and the
Bluffton youth was a student in his
classes.
On the coldest morning of last
weeks cold spell, Harley dutch"
Augsburger, local garageman, was
rudely awakened at a. m. to
answer a wrecker's call. 1t was
near zero and his teeth chartered as
he raced out to give lift to a
stalled car near the Roy Rogers
farm, north of town on the Dixie
highway. When "Dutch" arrived the
car was gone and even though it
was bitter cold, he was burned up,
The only consolation in the whole
affair was that the cold wintry
blasts served to remind him that it
might be we'll to build fire at the
garage and at least he was able to
go to work in the morning at a
warm place.
1t is rumored that Harold Stone
hill, living on the Fred Wenger
farm south of Bluffton, would like
to trade his expensive bird dog for a
billie goat. 1t seems that Harold
hasn't had much luck this year with
his dog, as the ring-necks were
always going up too far ahead to
make a good shot. Came Saturday
the last day OF the pheasant season.
Harold, with his friend Fred Martin
started out to have one more try