The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-06
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is, too s. maybe it's flu but
probably it's just a hangover from
the holidays . and some of the
boys say that New Years wasn't so
happy this year-rationing, you know
and there didn't seem to be as
much serenading as usual-hope that
good old custom survives and
calendars are scarce this year ;.
reports that farm land is changing
hands at an even $500 per acre
wonder If there's a real estate boom
coming with eggs hitting the skids
and hogs glutting the maket !.
youngsters made the most of
that nine inches of fine skating ice
on the Buckeye last week-and the
rest of us skated around on roads
and sidewalks the first of this week
and remember girls this is leap
year-open season and no holds
barred
Whoever wrote that gag of Sunny
Italy, was never here in winter
time, writes Fred Andrews to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Andrews
south of town. Fred says it rained
Y days during November land most
of the time we were in it,, he con-
cludes.
And from somewhere in Italy,.
comes letter from Sgt. Edwin Rice
enclosing a clipping from "Stars and
Strips, the army overseas news
paper containing a plant from a
doughboy and advocating a back
home furlough for those who have
served for "eight months of combat
and two invasions".
To the many friends of this column
who are interested in contributing
items-please note that it is necessary
for us to have them not later than
Tuesday noon, and as much earlier
than that as possible. Mechanical
requirements make it necessary to
close the column at that time.
Gene Zuber-erstwhile Bluffton
checker shark than whom there was
none whomer-walked into the News
office the other day while greeting
friends here. AL is now superintend-
ent of schools over at Wharton. SAYS
he doesn't have much time for
checkers these days but he will take
time out to have a session with
Capt. Weldon Diller of the army
medical corps and former Rawson
physician who may be coming home
from Australia this spring.
A happy reunion was enjoyed in
Honolulu recently by two Bluffton
young men, neither of whom knew
that the other was in that place.
ROLAND Guider, in the Military
Police, bumped into another person
in crowd at a department store
entrance, and when he turned to
apologize he was looking into the
face of Tom Conaway,s of the U. S.
Navy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Conaway, of West Elm street.
Handling of Buttons holiday mail
this season was the most efficient
in the history of tie postoffice, said
Postmaster Ed Reichenbach the first
of the week. Early mailing did much
to alleviate the last minute rush
which was particularly fortunate in
view of the present manpower short
age.
Altho Bluffton had no snow during
the holidays, other parts of Ohio
were really covered. Raymond Hixon
and family returning to their home
in Hillsboro from a visit here en-
| countered a real wintertime blizzard
and had to have their car shoveled
| out of snowdrift.
Men of Rockport who have been
lending hand in the rebuilding of
the community's grocery destroyed
| by fire last month now have the
new building under roof and tarred
paper siding. The place will start in
business shortly and building will be
finished later.
They're having strawberry short
cake down south writes c. C.
| Amstutz, former Bluffton resident
now located at Lake Yale, Florida
The Amstutz family entertained or
Christmas dinner, number of ole
Ohio neighbors including Mrs. Eliza.
beth Flath and Miss Mary Welty
formerly of Mt. Cory. And the menu
included new head lettuce, peas, new
tomatoes and fresh Strawberries
from Amstutz's garden. And the
week previous they enjoyed home
grown watermelon.
Bluffton girls at Ft. Wayne Bible
Institute watch the mail for the
Bluffton News, writes Mrs. B. P
Lugibihl of that place. They Otter
| get her paper before she has had ar
opportunity to read it herself, she
says.
That snapshot Mr.. and Mrs. Free
Martin of West Elm street received
thru the mails the other day wa:
their son James, now soldering il