The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-08

equestrian aTlSlOcTacy. WHile Nioil-
ing at the home of his uncle in
North Baltimore over the holidays
Ray took advantage of the oppor-
! tunity and rode old dobbin minus a
saddle and all of the other appur-
tenances.
"Boy, did I have fun riding the
escalators", said Imogene Wenger,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Wenger of Kibler street, who just
returned from a trip to Chicago, the
guests of neighbors, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Maxon. In addition to going
up and down on the moving stair
ways in the big department stores
Imogene had the thrilling experience
of riding on the double decked
busses, the elevated trains and
noisy surface cars.
Seemingly cognizant of the fact
that the pheasant season has closed
seven fat hen pheasants very cas-
ually winged away when approached
recently by Don and Buddy Augs-
burger on the banks of the Little
Riley creek near the Ed Reichen-
bach residence on West Elm street.
Harry Burkholder says that he
doesn't often turn down offers Of
food but after several hours Of CAROL
ing with the Reformed church group
on New Years eve he actually found
himself unable to eat a bite more
at the many places in which the
caroling group was called in.
Why expend all of your energy in
lifting your sled to higher elevations
when coasting when you can use a
pony to do it? So say James
Daley, Stanley Miller and Kenneth
Moser who used pony to pull them
back to the higher places for making
the long slide.
In driving down the lane at the
old Frick homestead east of town,
George Frick, with his family in the
car, had the disquieting experience
of having his car stuck in the mud
SO firmly that the vehicle went axle
deep. Unable to disIodge the auto
by boards, by prying or any other
method, Frick summoned neighbor
Myron Tripplehorn who hitched his
sturdy team of horses to the axle
of the gasoline buggy and out it
came.
Remember the old saw-"When the
days begin to lengthen the cold be-
gins to strengthen" And it surely
came true this year, with the ther-
mometer standing at zero Monday
morning and the first of the week
generally experiencing the most Sc
we're weather of the winter. Some
what higher temperature Tuesday was
offset by biting wind which kept
heating systems going at capacity.
And while we're on the subject-re-
member that winters not half over.
The halfway mark of winter is on
February 2, Grounding or Candiemas
day, according to the rhyme we heard
from Charlie Burns. 1t was an ad-
monition to the farmer to check up
on his winters feed-"You should
have left on Candlemas day half your
corn and half your hay"
Most Bluffton people do not know
that Miss Dorothy McVitty, junior at
Ohio State university who won the
recent nationwide coed radio singing
contest is a second cousin of Mrs. w.
w. Carder of South Main street. Miss
McVitty, a native of Mt. Blanchard,
was guest soloist at the Methodist
church of that place where she is a
member, last Sunday morning and
Mrs. Carder in the audience. Also
from Bluffton attending the services
which attracted crowded house were
A. d. Wells and Mr.. and Mrs. Walton
G. Clark of Union, Miss, located here
where Mr.. Clark is employed in con-
struction of the addition to the Gen.
trail Ohio Power plant. Mrs. Clark's
father is editor and publisher of the
newspaper at Union, Miss.
Bluffton has the unusual distinction
of having fraternal order, The Mod
ern Woodmen, which meets only once
| year but continues to operate and
maintain it's membership. Several
years ago the order gave up its lodge
room and now meets annually tic
elect officers and transact other bust
ness following a free steak dinner to
(which every member is invited. The
,order will hold it's annual get-togethel
next Tuesday night at Pines Walnut
Grill.
Isaac Brobeck, veteran of Buttons
fire department was re-appointed last
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