The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-06-03
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June-month of brides and roses
ana opening of the Buckeye. s. and
It'll be month of corn planting this
year. THAT is if the BOYS don't
plant soybeans instead. and they
won't plant anything until it stops
raining. tractors will stay in the
shed this week. k...... and from the
crowds clamoring for canning sugar
at the high school, looks like big
canning season this summer. but
prospects for fruit arn't too rosy. say
some of the boys on the rural routes
..and summers officially here-got
our first mosquito bite Sunday-hur-
ry Wilbur with that fit -. and those
poppies last Saturday went like pink
lemonade at circus--sold a thous-
and by noon-and might have sold
another job lot in the afternoon if
there had been any more. and
Memorial day a bit more serious than
IN the gay pre-Pearl Harbor DAYS.
remember gas wasn't rationed then
and anybody could buy tires. and
no one ever heard of red or blue
points. or stamp IT. ..... and some
time they'll be as quaint as the bale
Of shinplasters which grandma car
ried in the First National Bank when
she went shopping way back in Civil
war days.
It's trife belated-but there's a
good one going the rounds about the
Bluffton woman who was immersed in
q thrilling mystery story just at the
time of the blackout last week and
the deep-throated blasts of the water
works whistle and switching off of
street lights adding sound and light
ing effects to the mystery tale proved
too realistic-and the lady became
hysterical. Moral-don't read mys-
terry stories on blackout nights.
Paul Soldner-he's a staff sergeant
now-down at Camp Polk, Louisiana,
is in the same outfit with Major York,
a nephew of Sgt. Alvin York of First
World war fame. The major is a
native of Tennesseean, a fine fellow
and popular with the boys and is on
the units medical staff. Paul, who
went into the army six months ago is
in charge of the medical units dis
pensary serving some 1,500 men.
The oldtimers still turn out fol
high school alumni-as was evidenced
last Friday highland in comparison
to the size of the classes at that time
make lot better showing than some
of the later classes.
There was DR.. Helen Barnes, o.
Findlay, only surviving member O.
1881, the first class. !. Mrs. Ida Kib
ler of 'S4. /. and Mrs. Stella Conway
Eustis, Florida of 80. :. and Mrs
Blanche Hughson, Orient of 90. -.
Mrs. Edith Mann and Mrs. Lulu vii
cox, Lima, both of '95. Noah Ba
singer of '94 and Mrs. Basinger, 49,
-. Edgar Hauenstein, 90 and Mrs
Hauenstein '97. Sidney Hauensteir
'oS. :. Mrs. Sibyl Mollett go. these
were some of the names we happened
to iot down on our cuff.
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So impressed was the Blufftor
High school commencement speaker
DR.. Roy Burkhart of Columbus, with
the valedictory address of Robert
Pannabecker of the graduating class
that he requested copy of the talk
and will attempt to have it published
in the Ohio Schools, the journal OF
the Ohio Education association. The
editor of the journal happens to be g
member of DR.. Burkhart's church il
Columbus.
Incidentally the audience last Tues.
day night had a first hand view of q
preacher who is able to pack 'em in
in such numbers that the traffic cops
have to be on hand at the church
every Sunday to route the heavy flow