The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-05

| canning ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dack III
the old days when sugar wasn't q
problem and then there's the
squirrel season coming in on Septem-
Der IA and lasting until the 2Sth
which will give the boys three Satur-
days . +. and the current wave of
burglaries with nylons as the chief
loot may see some of the gals lock
ing up their nylons at night -. and
with the present lack of rainfall,
maybe that Bowling Green professor
whormade a long range prediction of
drought was on the beam after all.
Airplanes, like automobiles need
servicing and repairing and they say
that Eddie Post, the licensed air
craft mechanic who will be on full
time at Clayton Bixel's airport east
of Bluffton has a backlog of repair
work to keep him busy all winter.
Practically all the work is for plane
owners In TINS district
If you are like the majority of
Bluffton city water consumers your
bill for the past quarters service
will run above the minimum. Water
bills for the quarter will be heavier
than usual, it was stated following
meter readings the past week. This
increase reflects the severity of the
late summer dry spell when water
was used to irrigate gardens and to
prevent lawns from drying up. It's
one of those situations for which
there is no one to blame except the
weatherman.
Memo G. Basinger of near Column
bus Grove is another of the growing
list of so year subscribers to the
Bluffton News. Since he was 21
years old he has been regular
subscriber. If you have been a
subscriber to the News for so years
send in your name to this column.
That wooden bench in front of the
News office, has become a Bluffton
institution-an informal clearing
house as it were for discussing any
current topic in need of discussion
from the future prospects of world
peace to the latest fishing catches
at the Buckeye.
Nello Steinman, one of the oc-
cupants of the bench the other day
was reminiscing about Morgan City,
Louisiana, where he was located two
years ago and recalled that on last
Sunday, the day before Labor day
was one of the red letter events in
Morgan City-the day of blessing
boats of the fishing fleet.
Morgan City, some go miles south
west of New Orleans and located on
a river some 18 miles from the Gulf
of Mexico is one of the chief centers
of the shrimp industry. Boats so
feet long each manned by crew of
three and powered by Diesel engines
from in from the gulf with their
holds filled with five tons of shrimp
packed in Clipped ice and canned
within a few hours after being un-
loaded.
Every year on the Sunday before
Labor day, which marks the begin
ming of the new shrimp season, all
the fishing boats, newly painted and
decorated and crowded with friends
and visitors form in a procession on
the river and as they pass a review
ing stand erected on one of the
craft, each vessel is blessed by the
parish priest.
Never can tell what will happen
and Marion Tinsler who attended
Bluffton college some years ago
probably never in his widest dreams
expected to be cast in the role of a
bullfghter-but that's about what
happened.
Here's the story: Tinsler-he's
Rev. Tinsler now, assistant to the
president at Ohio Northern in Ada
on an auto trip thru the west this
summer decided to use a short cut
from Strawberry to Thistle, Utah.
Altho the route was well marked
on the map, he found it unimproved
with two distinct wagon wheel ruts
with steep ascent on one side of
the road and nearly as steep a
descent on the other. One stretch of
this highway of ten miles or more
was just wide enough for one
vehicle. Here the Reverend met the
bull.
Coming around a sharp, blind
turn, he slammed on the brakes and
brought his car to a sudden halt.
There, ten yards away stood a huge
dull brown bull with legs spread
apart and eyes blazing in typical
arena style.
From his wicked menacing horns
to his tattered tail he bore little
resemblance to the domesticated
Ferdinand of an Ohio farm. 1t was
evident that the Reverend had in
vaded his domain.
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