The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-05

maybe You could catch a turtle TO
tide you over the emergency-any-
way that's what Dewey (Doc.) Fore
man did Monday morning when he
was seen going down Main street
with fine big turtle in a gunny-
sack-on its way to be turtle soup.
Some of the boys vacationing at
Indian Lake this week. The lake
which overfowed its banks several
weeks ago due to long continued
rains is back to normal again.
Time fiies--but Nelson Steiner of
North Lawn avenue thought it was
going a little too fast when he
celebrated his 32nd birthday an
niversary last week-and found 81
candles on his cake.
Chicago meat shops have adopted
the barbershop technique of issuing
numbers, says Gale Scoles, formerly
of Bluffton who was here for week
end visit. Customers at the shops
are waited on in the order of serial
ly numbered tickets which they hold.
Long lines form in front of meat
and poultry dealers shops several
hours before they open, Gale says.
Add to wonders of the present
mechanical age-a cradle rocker.
Lloyd Brauen of North Jackson
street has made one for the new boy
that arrived at their home several
weeks ago. The rocker is operated
by an electric motor and does the
job with all the gentle finesse of a
mother. No more getting up nights
carrying a crying baby-just press
the button-rocker starts and baby
goes to sleep-why didn't someone
think of that before?
Postwar building will start in
Bluffton this summer. Clayton Bixel
of Bixel Motor sales is ready to
start digging foundation this week
for an addition which will double the
floor space of his Ford garage on
Cherry street. The enlarged build
ing will provide more space for a
show room for cars as well as a line
of postwar household electric ap-
pliances.
The Southwest, noted for scenic
beauty has withal some drawbacks
as it was learned by Marie and
Kenneth Winkler who have just re-
turned from Arizona where they
delivered school bus for the Super
ior Coach company of Lima. Besides
encountering what natives of that
section said was the worst sand
storm in years, their return trip by
Greyhound encountered washed out
and weakened bridges caused by tor
rental rains. At one point the pas
sengers left the bus and walked
across bridge, then continued driv-
ing over miles of dirt roads. The
entire trip of 1000 miles was
completed in IL days and they were
glad to be back in Ohio.
More reunions of Bluffton men in
odd parts of the world: Wade
Basinger of the Army medical corps
and Harry Bogart of the Army
postal department accidentally met
in the Philippines the other day.
And DR.. Floyd Pannabecker, former
Bluffton college instructor enroute to
China for war relief work met his
former student, Cpl. Floyd Hugus
on street in Calcutta, India not
long ago. Cpl. Hugus also met in
Calcutta his brother, Cpl. Ned
Hugus. Both corporals are sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hugus of Raw
son.
Comes letter from Mrs. Lula
Steiner Kohn of Clayton, No., form
er Bluffton resident, whose son, an
army captain, is assistant ordnance
officer at the Baltimore cargo port
of embarkation and also two sons-in-
law in Hawaii with the armed forces.
Mrs. Phoebe Steiner, formerly of
Bluffton, who makes her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Kohn, is enjoying
good health and keeps in touch with