The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-03-05
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Speaking of priorities-this is one
week in the year when high school
basketball gets the right of way
over all else. Just to jog your men,
ory, in case you've not been around
much, everything is all set for the
big Northwestern Ohio district Glass
B tournament at Celina.
Play opens this Wednesday night
however, the Bluffton high Pirates
will not appear until Thursday night
at 10 o'clock when they meet Middle
| point. And the fans who took time
out to look up Middlepoint's record
say they have won % straight games.
Looks tough.
To save tires or keep up morale
| that was the tough nut the school
board was called on to decide Mon
day night. Morale won, so there1l
be school bus transportation avail
able for the rooters at nominal cost,
Thursday night. What will we do
for tires next year-well, that's an
other problem.
Fans will find at the tournament
former Bluffton boy, d. Byron
"Petey" Spangler who is official
timekeeper. For good many years
he has been superintendent of the
Mercer county schools and seems to
know how to keep everybody happy
and things running smoothly. Way
back when he was in high school
here Petey always knew all the ans
wers.
Sid Stettler, who has been faculty
manager of athletics long enough to
know all the ins and outs of things
athletic says that it's mighty hard TO
beat the same team three times in
one season. And since Bluffton has
defeated Ada twice this season some
of the fans were not sorry when it
developed that Ada was assigned to
the district tournament at Leipsic
instead of Celina.
Bluffton lost pioneer merchant
when Mel Bogart, automobile and
tire dealer closed his place of busi-
ness Saturday night. Mel has been
in business in Bluffton for more
than thirty years and has many
friends who wish him well. AS a
director in the Citizens bank and
member of the county board of cleo
tions, he will still keep in touch with
business and political life of the
community.
Congratulations to the Ebenezel
Mennonite church, forward-lookinl
group which has contracted for /:
series of thirteen quarter-hour broad
casts over the Findlay station begin
ming Friday night. Although the in
!. itial series is for thirteen weeks
Rev. A. c. Schultz the pastor, says
they probably will continue indefi
nitely.
It's been twenty years ago since
= "Cy" Springer came from out
Wayne county-way to study at Bluff
ton college. Well, somewhere along
the way Cy got an idea of promot
) ing a community sale with himself
as auctioneer and manager. The
idea had possibilities and Cy made
}. the most of it until today out at Kid
a ron every Thursday there is what is
known as Ohio's greatest community
:, sale-and the man behind it all il
!. none other than Cy Springer whC
: got an idea twenty years ago anc
stuck to it.
d A flock of wild geese northbount
sighted by Mrs. Daisy Steinbrennel
t last Friday afternoon gives point t.
:. the saying that: IF winter comes
can spring be far behind?'
t Wartime congestion in Washington
d is making itself felt in the outlying
districts, according to Mrs. /. E. Vim
: cent of Merrifeld, Va, near the cap
" ital. Mrs. Vincent is formerly o
/ this place and daughter of TIL
late C. u. Steiner The demand fo
d housing accommodations is create
s than the booming real estate devel
opment and although new houses ar
going up everywhere there are n
. houses for rent, she says. Her hus
il band is postmaster at Merrifeld am
!, business of the office has doubled
f "This is the first time since we hav