The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-12

We don't Know much about Indian
summer, but If the Indians have
/ anything to do with it the one this
fall must have been sponsored by
Chief Rain-in-t the Face Fl anyway
there has been plenty of rain ).
and followed by the big wind and
rainstorm early Tuesday 5. or
didn't we have an Indian summer
this year and some of the ma
tives downtown got an eyeful 'tother
day when a smartly uniformed girl
taxi driver stopped for coke !.
looks as if the taxi business was in
for a boom and wonder how
long the oldtimers can take it at
the grid game on Harmon field /. !.
you may think you're as young as
you used to be, but faint so s. -.
and you gotta know serial numbers
of your tires when you sign up your
gas ration card -. so you may have
to get out and get under-if the
numbers happen to be on the other
side of the tires and they say.
ornamental street lighting for
Christmas is out shortage of
copper wire !. and brother If you
think wire is easy to get, try to
pick up some -. and then there
was the Scotchman who Joined the
army so he could write free TO his
friends back home. arnfo#
t1ets afat-~E "A *s7I53g4"
| There's one B1uffton woman who
! is worrying about how to get coffee
when rationing starts. 1t seems that
when sugar rationing started last
spring she was denied rationing
card since she had a supply of
sugar sufficient to last until after
Christmas. But now since sugar
stamps are to be used for coffee ra-,
tioning, how are you going to get
your allotment of java if you can't
| get sugar card? If any readers
of this column can give US the
answer We'll publish it next week.
maybe there are others who would
| like to know. ;aoIhuid n,
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r A letter received by Adam Steiner,l
Bluffton garage man. from Wendell
Duffman out somewhere in the South
seas telling how the Yanks are
| showing the natives some Of the
finer points in boxing. The dark
boys catch on quickly. and the other
| day two of them were sluggingI it
out fast and furiouslya with the
doughboyse Qrefereeing, when the
match was broken up by a call to
7 turn out and help fight grass fire..
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| A minister, seeking to forestall
possible excuses of his congregation
lfforr for hot attending church when gas
| rationing comes had a notice in his
church . bulletin last Sunday calling
attention to the fact that bicycles,
busses- and horses are available
where the distance prevented walk
ing and added this statement & FThe
Christian church has existed nearly
1000 years, most of the time with
out gas. Guess We'll have toEthink
up new one for staying at home
With the beet and tomato harvest
completed in the Bluffton farming
district, the Mexican workers who
have been employed in the beet fields
left the town this week for their
homes in the Rio, Grande, area of
Texas. Several Junior high school
girls talked to a group of them get
ting their car ready for the long
jaunt. They willingly spoke various
phrases in Spanish for the girls and
told them how to pronounce their
names in the Spanish language. The
girls were Colleen Goodman, Alice
Schmidt, and Mary Ann Rockey.
It's strange how the old coal pile
goes down in spite of the fact that
it hasn't been terriically cold.
Harvey Garmatter, farmer living
six miles west of town, is looking
for somebody to thank for the birth
day gift he found in his front yard
on his birthday last week. He woke
up Monday morning to find goat
tied to stake on his front yard.
There was a note around the neck
of the goat wishing Harvey happy
birthday. He says that he appreci-
ates the gift but feels that some
body should be thanked for the re-
membrance. &
|esea sIsas *ssess
Earl Frick, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Frick, says that he likes
husking corn on his grandmothers
farm. He says that the mice are
thick this year in the corn shocks
and that he gets a big kick out of
trying to catch them. Incidentally
he tells us that it keeps his Dad
busy working at the Meter works