The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18

You can chalk up one for the
Groundhog-he was dead right when
he predicted more winter -four
below zero Monday morning-and
that's winter any way you look at
it-at least here in Ohio word
from VIM. Schifferly former Bluff
tonite up in Manitoba, Canada that
winter there means any where from
| 10 to 46 below . snow over the
week end-and Myron Motter and
! Clair Fett swinging into action and
getting snow oy the neighbor's side
walks--if you're one of their neigh
bors just consider yourself lucky !. !.
and the oldtimers say this is the
coldest February since 1916 and
Sunday was plenty cold enough to
freeze the wings of those cute little
st. Valentine cupids j. and speak
| ing of Valentines day the boys say
the price for the most original
valentine was the "horsey" one sent
by Ray Patterson, Bluffton barber
and horse fancier +. and maybe it
was the influence of valentine season
OR the full moon-that sent a male
quartet of high school youths down
street Monday night with the ther-
mometer near zero singing "Sweet
Adeline" in close harmony of dimin-
ished sevenths-barbershop chords
to you /. and speaking of high
school there was a furry in the
athletic circlss Monday when semi
pro charges came hurtling into the
Bluffton camp-and with the Pirates
right on the top rung of the league
ladder too-uneasy lies the head
that wears the crown-in affairs of
state, or basketball charges
denied here and looks as if the whole
affair will be tossed into the state
athletic commissioners lap.
How many pounds of coffee did
you have on your pantry shelf last
November %? Yes, that's one ques-
tion you'll have to know, comes time
next week to apply for Food Ration
Book No. 2. And the story is 60
ing the rounds of how some smart
housewives have been opening the
tin cans of food bought at the
grocery, heating the contents and
then re-sealing them in glass cans
in order to make it home canned
food which is not covered by ration
ing. Re-canning is a risky practice,
say government home economists,
from health viewpoint-so better
watch your step.
And speaking of rationing-that's
old stuff to the boys who were over
seas with the A. E. F. in the first
World war. And to prove it, Fred
Fritchie dug up the bread ration card
issued to him in France and is ex-
hibiting it in the News window,
where it is attracting much atten-
ton. The card was issued in Feb.
1919 to Fritchie who was stationed
in Paris for some time after the
close of the war. 1t bears coupon
for every day of the month, each
coupon being good for 100 grams
of bread.
Another entry into the News Fifty
Year Subscribers club comes from
Russell Huber, residing south of
town on the old Huber homestead.
Russell recalls hearing his father,
Lewis Huber, relate how N. W..
Cunningham, founder of the Bluffton
News made a canvass on foot solicit
ing subscriptions to the paper.
Stopping at the Huber farm,
Cunningham was told that Lewis
was in the woods some distance
away. 1t was in the spring season
and very wet and Cunningham had
to jump from one log to another
while crossing the bottom land to
keep from being mired. The young
editor, however, succeeded in obtain
ing a subscription and not one issue
of the News has missed coming to
the Huber farm from that day until
| this.
| Yes, that's right-Hereford hogs
| are advertised in this issue of the
News. L. C.. RurWell southwest of