The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-20

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willed the entire world to his children
after the water subsidized. Seeing how
the property has deteriorated, per-
haps he would be just as well salts
fed that it didn't remain in the fam
lily.
After viewing the flooded bottom
lands on College campus, Monday, one
wag suggested that May day celebra-
ton on Saturday might adopt Vene-
tian motif with the queen ferried to
her thone in boat.
Oldtimers Monday were trying to
recall age of the big barn on the AL
bert Matter place at the intersection
of Route SO and the Lincoln high
way. They agreed that it had stood
for about one hundred years-and the
foot square timbers were plentiful in
it's construction.
The big mushroom weighing ga
pounds shown in the News window
over weekend was edible. To settle
an argument as to whether it was or
was not poisonous ,one Bluffton mush-
room expert cooked and ate a portion
of it the first 70 the week-and he is
still hale and hearty. The mushroom,
with a red top, was found by Ray
Cook in his woods in Orange township,
Friday morning and placed in the
News window in the afternoon.
And now the hens are producing
v-eggs. One exhibited in the News
window is attracting attention this
week. The egg with a distinct "v'
on the shell comes from the flock OF
Orlo Marshall of Rockport.
Prospects for an apple crop in thi.
section are good, SO said Seth Basing
| er, apple grower and operator of thu
Morning Star cider press northwes
of town. Unless hard frosts come
the yield should be satisfactory. How
ever some of the growers are predict
ing a small crop of sweet cherries be
cause of frost damage.
| At Harmon Field some of tn.
youngsters took advantage of th'
high water to go in swimming, Mon
day. Dick Rockey donned his swim
ming suit and dove into the watel
swirling through the streets from
one of the sidewalks near the Harmon
stadium. Don Burkholder with hi
buddies Marvin and Joe Bronson
didn't bother about swimming suit
and swan around the water at Har
mon Field in their street clothing.
Sportsmen are worried lest tn,
creek water might rise higher
than the Buckeye level and carr.
away most of the fish so patientl.
stocked there by the Bluffton Sports
mems club.
Mayor Howe tells us that his offic,
did a land office business on gar
bage fee collections on Wednesda,
and Saturday. All it took was lit
tie announcement in the Blufftoi
News that the service would be dis
continued if the account was in ar
rears. The public literally streamet
in all day paying everything in full
and as result the town treasury ha.
been considerably replenished.
Lee Coon tells us that. the tern
headache is only for people witf
brains. For most people a pain il
the head is only rheumatism of the
skull, SO says Lee.
And now Lee has another job ad-
ded to his 101 responsibilities-super-
vision of garbage and rubbish collec.
ton. What else does he do you ask
He us supervisor of mosquito control
caretaker of Maple Grove cemetery
janitor at st. John Reformed church.
waters thirsty railroad locomotives,
town marshall and street commission
er, to mention a few of them.
Bob Stalter was an air raid mesen-
ger in Ft. Wayne before he moved to
Bluffton. He's been in many black
out in Ft. Wayne and says that he
is looking forward to the one to be
held here Monday night.
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