The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-25

subject right now as Tar as the
farmer is concerned.
A certain farmer north of town
wants to know who it is that smokes
Old Colds and accidentally dropped
a package of the smokes in the
farmers garage while draining the
gas tank of his car the other night.
The farmer found the cigarettes
lying on the garage floor beside the
empty gas tank the next morning.
The farmer is ready to return the
package of Old Colds if the smoker
will return the gasoline.
Six degrees below zero which was
experienced in Bluffton last week
was mild compared to 3S degrees be-
low zero which was registered in
Rome, N. Y, writes Mrs. F. S. Mad
den (Besse Patrick. Rome is de-
lightful place-only drawback is the
extremely cold weather, she says.
Incidentally her husband, in army
engineering service was promoted re-
Gently to the rank of first lieutenant.
Troubles come not singly-but in
bataIlions-and you can take that
as coming from high school athletic
coach George Swank. With the
basketball tournament season at hand
George has a full time job of re-
organizing his team riddled by in
eligibility and injuries-but that's
only part of it. George who recent
ly applied for enlistment in the navy
has had no reply to his application
and now he has notice from the
draft board to report for physical
examination on next Wednesday,
the day Of the opening of the sec
tional tournament.
Altho he is a grandfather, Alvin
Whistler of Oceanside, Calf, native
of Bluffton, is still an ardent football
fan, we learn from the house organ
published by the San Diego Gas &
Electric company with which Whis-
Ter is connected.
1t all dates way back to the days
when he was a student at Purdue
university and played on the foot
ball team when "Doc" Holloway was
captain.
Whisler's enthusiasm has carried
over into other fields as well-he has
twice served as president of the
Oceanside Chamber of Commerce
headed the tennis club of that city
and is also an active Rotarian anc
ardent church worker. Whistler ano
his wife, both from this vicinity
have a married daughter and two
grandchildren.
Another demonstration of the fac
that there are plenty of generous
Bluffton people ready to respond t,
call for help when needed. Las
week this column called attention t
| the plight of Button baby becaus
of lack Of K>assYrup in its feedinI
formula. The response has provide
sufficient supply Of the syrup fo
all present needs.
Two unusual events Saturda
morning-an eclipse of the mool
shortly after midnight and a rain
bow some hours later soon after day
break. The eclipse was treat t
local amateur sky-gazers with tn
full moon shining from cloudles
sky, about three-fourths obscured b
the earth's shadow. And the rain
bow was unusually vivid for Feb
ruary.
And speaking of a rainbow Satul
day-of course there was the usus
| Saturday rain. Local observers sa
that this winter has established a
unusual record of rain or sno'
nearly every Saturday since Thanks
| giving.
| Word that Dwight Worthingto
was not seriously injured in an arm
airplane accident at Columbia, Soui
Carolina, was welcomed by h
friends here-but occasioned no su
prise. "Tang" has something of
charmed life when it comes to acc
dents-he has been in several Sc
ious automobile accidents but escape
with minor injuries and his luck
still with him apparently when
comes to airplane crackups.
| War is hell-especially since it
resulted in a whiskey shortag
That's evidently what an expensive
dressed couple thought when tn,
stopped in town Friday in a b
limousine and inquired where OF
could buy a bottle of Scotch. The
explained frankly that the supply
their city had been exhausted al
they thought there might be some
"these little towns. With mol
available they left in further scare
of liquid cheer.