The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-13
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| Well the boys have scratched
corn planting off the calendar this
week and gone mushroom hunting in
stead rains which started over
the weekend and continued Monday
and Tuesday put an end to corn
planting hopes this week =. but the
rains and warm humid weather real
ly made those fungi pop :. and the
boys say there's no time like the first
two weeks of May to find the best
ones and maybe there1l be good
corn planting weather next week for
everyone 5. excepting Gust Basing-
er and Irwin Amstutz and two or
three others who hustled the work
thru during the nice weather last
week and speaking of hustling.
they say that Gust did it with horses,
too tragedy last Thursday night
indicated that rubber tires, at least
when wet, are no protection against
lightning altho it's said that
the 110 volts on the lines in YOUR
home claim many more victims and
is not to be trifed with with !.
wise electricians say it's a good idea
to have the light switch, electric fan
and radio out of reach from the
bathtub.
| From Dallas, Texas, comes word
from our good friend Bob Maxwell,
former Bluffton mail carrier. now
chemist with the federal department
of agriculture. believe it or not".
writes Bob, "Bluffton, Texas, is
northeast of Lima, Texas, distance
of approximately 85 miles,. There's
coincidence for you.
The nursery at Bluffton hospital
is empty-it's the first time in more
than a year there have been no
babies to care for, Miss Sylvia Bied-
erman, superintendent, stated Tues
day.
And speaking Of babies, a cable
message sent this week to George
Moser with the army signal corps in
England, told the birth of his son,
Gregory, at st. Rita's hospital in
Lima, Saturday. Mrs. Moser is the
former Pearl Beery, a sister of Mrs.
Clayton Murray of West Elm street.
Mrs. M. j. Slough, who observed
her eighty-ffth birthday anniversary
at her home on Cherry street last
Friday wishes to thank the friends
and neighbors for the cards and re-
membranes received on that occa-
sion. Besides her children and twelve
grandchildren, she has seven great
grandchildren.
Comes word from Sgt. Carl Stein
er at Camp Polk, La, always glad
to get the News as it keeps me post
ed about what's going on at home
/. and Kermit Herr from Lima
says the same.
| Marion and Harry Criblez, sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Criblez, killed a
large blue racer Sunday afternoon in
the woods of their farm, three miles
southeast of town. The reptile
turned out to be more than five feet
long.
| Frank Gunther, Jr., tells US that
he has SO many nick-names that he
doesn't know what to respond to
any more. Here are few of them
Franco, Franklin D., Gunny Sack,
Gusty, Junebug, Nicotine, Reverend,
Professor, etc.
Marvin and Imogene Bronson have
been singing at the Missionary
church. Marvin says that the sing
ing made him a little shaky in the
kness at first but that now it doesn't
phase him any more.
Will the day of wonders never
cease? Walking into the gymnasium
at the junior-senior prom at the
high school Friday night we were
astonished to see large fountain of
water spouting up right in the mid
die of the floor. We rubbed our eyes
in amazement. Yes, sure enough it
was a fountain of water. Where
did it come from? Careful examina-
tion revealed that the fountain was
provided by an electric pump. The
wire to the motor was cleverly con-
cealed by what appeared to be a
tree growing beside the fountain.
Because of the heavy rainfall
Monday, Levi Gable, janitor at the
grade school, was kept quite busy.
According to reports it was neces-
sary to use the mop on Mary Mar
garet Dunbar who fell unceremon-
iously in the mud.
People near the Rev. Steiner home
on South Jackson street are aware
of an extra amount of piano playing.
Explanation: Daughter Carolyn is