The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-15

of one of Bluffton's oldest families
she was privileged to witness Bluff
toms development from struggling
hamlet within her lifespan. Her
father, Beriah Ewing, was one of
Buttons first merchants.
Roberta Wenger has the dubious
privilege of carrying a skunk in
one of the scenes in the Bluffton
High school junior class play early
to Bed and Early to Rise" now being
rehearsed. Doris Dunifon is negoti-
ating with Jesse Manages for the use
of skunk on the night of the play.
White rats are also used in the pro-
duction.
Increasingly important is the
word restrictions" in the war time
vocabulary of Mr.. and Mrs. Ameri-
can Citizen today. With such an
emphasis it is only natural that the
word takes on humorous aspects.
Today Harry Barnes startled us with
the assertion that there would be
no more news from Washington. As
we began to show concern we were
informed that Washington died
long time ago. Then to top it Will
ford Geiger told US that penny pos
tails would not be made any longer
to which he added that the officials
thought they already were FIVE
inches long and that's long enough.
The prize action, however, was in
Toledo where couple rushed to the
marriage license bureau breathlessly
asking for license because they
"just heard that there would be no
more licenses issued after the end
of the month"
Kent Stonehill has a cat called
kitty that constantly jumps up
on the window ledge from the out
side as if to show concern about the
activities being engaged in by his
master.
With the winter weather making
matters rather difficult in regard TO
feeding and taking care of his pet
goat, Roger Murray has taken the
animal for the duration of the cold
weather out to the country home of
his grandfather, Alva Scoles of
Orange township. Even there the
goat is something of a problem
Roger was informed recently by his
grandfather. The animal has been
eating the green grass off the lawn
and has been jumping every fence
on the farm.
Finding two mice in their bath
room, Don Root turned his cat loose
on the critters and both of the
rodents were caught simultaneously.
With both of them in her mouth the
cat, with a note of triumph in her
manner, carried them out of the
room to settle down on a real feast.
With zero weather descending on
the Bluffton area in all its fury,
many residents reported frozen
pipes in their homes. Out in Oregon
ii seemed that even the heat of a
kitchen stove was unable to keep
the pipes from being frozen. A
letter received this week by Mrs.
Gust Basinger, west of town, from
a relative residing in Berne, Oregon
told of weather so cold that water
pipes directly back of a kitchen
stove were frozen.
C. E. Greiner, living on the former
Clymer farm has report from the
Owens school way back in the seven
ties, when John Goble was teacher. 1t
was found in an old atlas which be-
longed to Mr.. Goble and has been in
the family handed down to succeed
ing generations. Almost seventy
years old, the report is we'll preserved
and shows a total attendance at the
school of 80 boys and IT girls. Some
of the pupils listed included Jacob and
VIM. Huber, jeremiah Owens and
Isaac Stauffer.
The atlas, by the way, was publish
ed in 1882, and contains Coolies name
on the fly leaf together with the year
1888. 1t is printed on an excellent
quality of paper and the colored maps
show the United States as it existed
before the Mexican war.
Things are humming down in Flori-
da, writes Andrw Gratz who is win
tering at Miami. No blackouts as
yet, he says. Goodyear blimps and
airplanes making flights and horse
and dog races in full swing. Fishing
boats busy and tourists basking in the
sun.
Although many residents were
heard to complain about the con-
tinued cold weather the numerous
kids who had skates noted the
advent of the zero winds with much
glee. Among the many youngsters