The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-31

tossing 'em in with an army team
at Buckley Field, Colorado. Cooney's
outfit won two of three games in a
recent series. The Bluffton youth
playing in the first game made six
points in FIVE minutes. In the other
two games he scored 16 out of his
teams 27 points and 10 out of 23
points respectively, for total OF
80 points in the three games.
For the first time in many decades
the Cal Balmer & Son sawmill, at
Cherry street and the Nickel Plate
railroad, is completely lacking in
logs and stacked lumber. Tall stacks
of lumber prepared ahead of time
were a very common sight at the
yards. Hundreds of logs waiting for
the sawyer were also a part of the
picture. The buzz of the big saw,
powered by the huge 40 horsepower
motor, could always be heard when
driving by. Now the place is empty
and silent. It's strange how you can
miss something even though you
have never been associated with 1t.
We certainly hope the firm will get
under way again in the very near
f,,+,,ro s--l - ~
The fog was so heavy in Blufftor
Tuesday morning that it was i'm
possible to see more than a hundred
feet ahead. Talk about Londor
fogs, it seems that the Blufftor
variety are about as much as any
one would want.
Pride is no word for the feeling
displayed by Arden Baker as ne
showed pictures of his young son to
friends on Main street Monday after
noon. The proud papa said ne
never thought he would come to the
place where he would be willing te
do such a thing but these pictures
were just too good to keep to him
self. And we do agree that the
little rascal looked mighty cute.
| Christmas cheer was increased a
the DR.. ]. S. Steiner residence OF
South Main street when cablegran
bearing Christmas greetings arrived
from their daughter, Lieut.. Josephin
Steiner from an overseas destination
No address was given but it is be
lieved that Lieut.. Steiner is locates
in New Zealand.
The information as to her location
came in very round about fashion
While Lieut.. Steiner was having he
teeth attended to in the army hos
pital it developed that the docto
| doing the work was a very goo
| friend of DR.. Donivan Baumgartne
of Cleveland, who is Josephine's bro
ther-in-law. The doctor wrote of tn
incident to his sister in Clevelan
who in turn informed Mrs. Baum
gartner, who in turn informed he
mother, Mrs. Steiner of this place
The crux of the whole thing is tina
the dental work took place in Ne
Zealand and it is believed that tha
;, is the likely location of Josephin
at the present moment.
Does anyone know what tn
khaki colored trailer cars were tha
went through town in such larg
numbers the first of the week? Som
thought they were trailer houses fo
army officers; others thought the
might be soup kitchens.
A mighty proud boy is LAIR
Mathewson, son of Mr.. and Mr.!
Dana Mathewson of Riley street. H
got a new basketball for Christina
and he went right over to show hi
his buddy, Don Fritchie. The tw
boys rugged up basketball coul
in the Fritchie garage where the
practice hoping to lay the founds
tions for skill that might lead I
a place on the Pirate basketball tear
some day. Don tells us that he gt
watch for Christmas and says tn;
he hopes it will get him to school @
time.
If you noticed C.. ID. Amstutz
the Messiah choir a week ago SUI
day you saw that he on several
the numbers he did not use his boo
Mr.. Amstutz, now SO years old, tel
us that after singing 40 separa
presentations of the oratorio and Il
countless practices that went wit
each one he had ought to kno
several of the numbers by memor
He remembers four different direc
ors during the period of time
which he sang in the choruses: Pro
John f. Jones, Prof. G. A. "Dat