The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-04
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Things we've seen. -. housewives
irving out their new ration books. -.
and believe it or not soup beans seem
to be favorite on the ration hist here
| and that worried look around
| the high school since Bluffton as slat-
ed to meet undefeated Middlepolnt IN
the opening round of the basketball
Tournament at Celina. .....S Sid would
draw a tough one. and with
Schmidt added to the injured list
doesn't help prospects. and that
wild rumor Saturday about impend-
| ing clothes rationing resulted in lot
of foolish buying. some OF 1t
bordered on hysteria-and yet we
pride ourselves on being fairly intel
| lipent-or are we?..... and seed
buying has started. -. looks like
lot of home gardening. or may
be it's just early spring enthusiasm
that will evaporate as the days get
warmer. :. and the town council
making "fast" time official-the
farmers still don't like it,. just a
friendly advance tip-the glue is on
the right side of the new paper auto
| license tags, even if it doesn't look
like it.
Biggest surprise since the ration
| ing program went into effect this
! week has been the demand for soup
beans. Mrs. Bluffton housewife evi.
IDENTIFY was caught short of one of the
old standbys which was a late addi-
ton to the list of rationed foods
i While most families had their allow
ance of canned goods, beans, appar-
emily were overlooked.
/ $50
If these jeejps run as wild on the
battlefield as they do on the highway
Int looks as if enemy casualty lists will
mount. Another of them got coltish
and out of control Friday morning
going thru the business district ano
4 struck the corner of the Riser Sand
wich shop. Nobody hurt but the JeeI
| got the worst of the encounter with
the brick building.
Worried new mothers combing the
town for baby buggies-another war
time scarcity-and used baby car
riages like used farm machinery are
bringing top prices. If you hive
baby buggy stored in the attick lt''
good time to dispose of it-and yo'
will also be helping some young moth
err out of difficult situation.
/ And while we're on the subject O.
wartime scarcity-just remember thai
you don't throw away your old license
plates this year-and if you happen t.
| lose them it may be difficult to get
replacement. To help solve this diff
| ficulty finder of license plates are re
ouested to turn them in at the
Mayors office and officials will con
tact the registrar who issued them
who in turn will be asked to notify
the owner.
| Chalk up another one for the small
towns-since wartime food rationine
the big city eabing places are exper
fencing difficulty with their menu ane
travelling men are deserting them fol-
smaller places where foodstuffs are
lmore plentiful. Bluffton has lost none
of its eating places and the quality Of
its restaurant meals is making the
town an increased favors.e with the
travelling public.
| Not all prices are up-as one farm.
er learned to his sorrow the other
day. It all happened when calf dieo
on his place and the farmer paid 9
dollar to have the animal skinned-bui
he only received a quarter when he
sold the hide. Seventy-five cents loss
charged up to experience.
Comments on the News Fifty Year
subscribers club brings to light what
we believe to be the only living orig
inal subscriber-J. Neiswander OF
| Williamstown-who has been reading
the News every week since it was
founded in 1875. Mr.. Niswander, &C.
recalled that he helped "Dick" Cum
ningham in canvassing for subscribers
68 years ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Neiswan-