The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-11
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correct to say that this is once the
fish will roost in the trees j.
and we'll bet our last red ration
token that grandpappy never saw
a winter like this one 8. wonder
what's happened to the boys who
ride the freights and stay overnight
here in the Jail =. they may have
hied themselves off to a warmer
climate-or maybe the weather is
just too bad to travel and il
your memory goes back for a
twelve-month you may recall that
at this time last year there had been
scarcely any snow all winter /.
and it looked as if there would
never be another old-fashioned
winter Z. all of which proves that
about the time we begin to believe
it can't happen here is about the
time when it does happen !.
wonder where they ever found those
bobsleds that go thru town these
days coming in loaded to the gun
whales with 10-gallon cans of milk
for the Page plant and going home
with bread and provisions {.
Bluffton schools opened Monday
and closed after more roads were
found drifted Tuesday morning j.
no school in Beaverdam, Ada, Mt.
Cory or Rawson jingle BELLS
Claribel Owens south of town out in
the family one horse sleigh the
other day.
Just in event you've never spent
! winter in Siberia, you can get a
pretty good idea what it's all about,
for this is a typical Siberian winter,
said Mrs. Albert Clapp, Bluffton
resident, a native of Russia. Well
we've never seen Siberia-and after
shoveling snow this winter, we
haven't any hankering for it.
There have been incidents galore
of motorists driving roundabout
ways in going places during this
time of snow filled roads, but one
which we heard the other day i;
tops thus far-when Paul Stoodt
superintendent of averd a n
schools residing northwest of Beaver
L frx Nrr+ ~
his father-in-law, c. X. Van Meter
distance of a mile and a hal
away. To reach his destination
Stoodt drove fifteen and three
] fourths miles. Some roads in tn
| Rockport district are reported fillel
with drifts fence-high and have no
been travelled since New Years day
| Altho Bluffton college opened ol
schedule last Wednesday, classe
were much depleted the first day
because of inability of students an,
faculty to travel. Twenty-fou
students and one instructor, Rev
Paul Shelly, enroute here by bu
were stranded overnight in Lim
when schedules were cancelled an
arrived in Bluffton on the mornin,
Cleveland train over the Nicke
Plate. Pandora students came vi
the A. C. & Y. instead of by auto
However, Ray Hilty, registrar, VIII
had previously driven his car t
Pandora decided to stay there unit
main roads were opened and ar
rived here Thursday. Miss Edn;
Ramseyer, dean of women and he
sister, Mary Kay Ramseyer return
ing from Smithville arrived here OF
Thursday morning, day late.
1t was a smart Bluffton house
wife who did some quick thinking
the other day when a panhandle
knocked at her back door with tn
usual hard luck story and adde'
Lady, I've been looking all owe
| for a job, but nobody will hire me-
Promptly the woman came bacl
with "Well, let's see your socia
security card", which the visito
was unable to produce.
| And speaking of credentials, draf
registration cards are reported a
being used to establish ages 0
young blades when visiting nigh
spots in this area.
/ Now don't get in a dither if you
garbage isn't collected on schedule
It's no summertime job to get thrl
| alleways these days. However, lie
| Coon, in charge of the municipa
collection system says that garbag
and rubbish will be picked up a
soon as the truck can get thru
| possibly the last of this week, if i
doesn't snow and drift again.
! And here's one fellow who wei
comes snow-Sgt. Jim Ehrnman
just back from three years in Indii
during which time he saw not S,
much as a single snowflake. II,
was here four years in college
graduating in 1899, was in tow
Tuesday calling on old friends. Sgt
| Jim was connected with the army
weather bureau in the India, Burma
China area, supplying weather pre-