The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-01-29

broken when he attempted to leave
the room. Working frantically did
not seem to help the situation and
he found himself virtually prisoner
in his own home. Finally in despera-
tion he climbed out of the second
story window at his home to free
dom and admittance to classes at
the school.
An attempt to take a short cut
had quite the opposite result for
Wayne Daley when he meant to do
good deed for Carl Marshall after
work the other night. Both boys
are employees of the A & p grocery
store and Daley turned off at the
wrong place to reach the Marshall
residence, located only a mile and
half from Bluffton in Orange town
ship. When half hour of driving
still found them in unfamiliar ter
ritory the boys began to get uneasy.
Finally they were guided to a spot
down the road by some bright lights
to find themselves at the Swiss Inn
with the speedometer showing
total of Is miles driven over wind
ing country roads. And still the
boys were farther away from home
than when they left Bluffton half
hour previously.
Which of these boys will be future
high school and college basketball
stars? Elmer, Charles, Kent and
James Stonehill, Bill Mericle and
Neil Schmidt have been practicing
shots and plays at the improvised
basketball court and hoop set up at
the garage of the Swan Stonehill
residence on East Elm street. Many
basketball star has laid the
groundwork for accuracy in shoot
ing at such home made arrange
ments. We recall the countless
hours of practice in basket shooting
the Kibele brothers, Roland and
Ebert, used to engage in in home
made court in the back yard of
their home on Lawn avenue, now
the Forrest Steinman residence.
When the boys reached high school
age both of them were high scoring
stars of a team that reached the
state basketball tournament in Co
lumbus.
A ten mile hike was enjoyed Sat-
urday by Robert Stratton, James
Harmon, Robert Ramseyer, Charles
and John Tripplehorn, and Paul
Bixel. Points of the hiking timer
ary included Fox Hill, Big Rock and
Sulphur Springs!
Finding considerable enjoyment
shaping clay into attractive vases on
the potter's wheel in the art depart
ment of Bluffton High school, Louise
Soldner, 8th grade student decided
to continue the pleasure at her
home on Cherry street and con-
structed wheel that works. While
not quite as finished looking as the
school mechanism she is able to
turn out pieces just as attractive.
She used broom stick for the con-
Meeting mechanism between the
turning wheel and the foot pedal.
The intervening structure between
the wheel and the pedal was an old
orange crate. Anyway it works.
You can see a mighty good basket
ball game and at the same time aid
in the national campaign against in
fantile paralysis by attending the
basketball game at the College gym
nasium this Wednesday night. It's
to be an international affair with
Coach Burcky's Beavers pitted
against "Y" College team of Mexico
city. Five cents from each admis-
sion will go to the infantile paralysis
fund.
They are airminded out in Sum-
merfield, H., writes Rev. Elmer Bas-
niger, formerly of Bluffton in re-
newing his News subscription.
Summerfeld is only nine miles from
Scott airfield where army fiiers are
in training and 25 miles from Parks
Air college, one of the top flight air
training centers. James Basinger
now in Nashville, Tenn, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Noah Basinger is a grad
uate of the latter institution.
Compliments of this column to
Amos Gerber who informs us he has
been regular subscriber and read
er of the Bluffton News for thirty
one years.
You'll be lucky if you can buy
awnings next season because the
army needs full production for tents
hammocks, leggings, etc. Also talk
of ditching the pint milk and cream