The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-28
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| hereby resolve-or are you going
to resolve not to make any New
Years resolutions this year s.. or
if you're busy why not just look up
those of last year-perhaps there's
still some work to be done carrying
them out s. s. and this year some
of the boys say they don't have to
resolve to cut down on the smokes
because that has been done for them
5. all of which reminds us of the
Bluffton smoker who some years ago
determined to drop the habit and
threw his pipe and tobacco into
snowdrift near the College bridge,
only to be seen several days after
ward knee deep in snow searching
for his favorite pipe and speak
ing of snow drifts, there was plenty
of snow for a white Christmas-the
most since 1935-even if it hadn't
showed almost all day Monday :.
looked for a while Monday night
that roads might be blocked again
with snow just as they were becom-
ing passable =. no serious acci-
dents, however, despite bad traffic
conditions /. and speaking of ac-
cidents the only one we can recall
right now is that of the woman who
sprained an ankle in a rush for
marshmallows in a local grocery
store the other day :. and speak
ing of a grocery store, local grocers
and meat markets heard plenty of
tales of woe from housewives who
had been saving red and sugar
stamps only to find them cancelled
Tuesday morning-saving for
rainy day evidently doesn't apply to
ration stamps !. Christmas trade
was good thruout Bluffton, say local
merchants who surveyed depleted
stocks and declared that filing empty
shelves is a bigger problem than
finding customers and so we
bow out 1944--and wish you the
bIok AL SAhG N0lAlAt6 yCAAs
If you bought illustrated books
for the children this Christmas, the
pictures may have been designed by
a Bluffton woman. The name "Ditzy"
appearing inconspicuously in a corn
er of the pictures is the signature of
Mrs. Fred Lingel of Grove street
who is employed by several nation
ally known publishers of children's
books to supply the illustrations.
The Bluffton woman attained consid-
erable prominence in that field before
her marriage and continues under
her former name of Ditzy Baker.
One book, purchased in Seattle,
Washington, and sent here as a
Christmas gift had illustrations by
the Bluffton artist.
Congratulations to Postmaster Ed
Reichenbach and his hardworking
crew who handled Bluffton's biggest
volume of Christmas mail so sue
cessfully that all mail addressed to
Bluffton patrons on the city routes
which arrived by 1:30 o'clock last
Saturday afternoon was delivered
that day-which meant that all the
Christmas mail coming here reached
its destination unless it arrived Sat-
urday evening. This in the face. of
the usual congested holiday condi-
tions together with heavy SHOWS
which have slowed up the mail serv-
ice makes particularly outstanding
record.
If you were tuned in on Denver
station KOA Monday night you
probably heard re-broadcast of a
concert given at Bulkley Field near
that city several days previous in
which a Bluffton youth, Sgt. Gordon
Hilty appeared as soloist. Sgt. Hilty,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hilty
south of Bluffton has been stationed
in Denver for the past two years
where he has become widely known
for his vocal talent. He is soloist
in st. Johns Cathedral in that city
and the concert given at Bulkley