The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-03-21


1916 auto tags-the first tag found
on the road which was apparently
lost from a farm trailer was placed
in the News windows lost and found
collection several days ago. Better
see that the tag is put on tightly.
Twelve-year-old Charles Hilty, Jr.,
is probably Buttons best authority
on baseball. The youth, a pupil in
the sixth grade and son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Hilty of South Main and
kibler streets makes hobby of base
ball data and has detailed informa-
ton concerning the players of teams
in the major leagues including batt-
ing and fielding averages, length of
time in service and other unusual
data usually found only in statisti-
cal tables. On the walls of his room
appear photographs of many of his
favorite big league stars.
Some 20 Bluffton people were deep
in the heart of Texas last Friday
night at least in spirit when they en-
joyed dinner at the Walnut Grill as
guests of Texas land development
concern and afterward saw pictures
of the orange growing districts in
the Rio Grande river valley. And
just to prove the quality of Texas
oranges the dinner began with orange
juice and afterward during the show
ing of pictures tall pitchers of orange
juice kept the guests glasses we'll
filled. The land, formerly arid, is now
irrigated and supports a fourishing
orange growing industry. Indica-
tions are that some Bluffton people
will be owning lands in the Texas
citrus belt. Mr.. and Mrs. Don Wen
ger and Mr.. and Mrs. James Miller
and Harold Wenger expect to locate
in that region.
Dorothy Greding, bookkeeper a t
the Greding hardware is looking for
someone who can translate a mes
sage written in Holland Dutch. 1t
all started last winter when she do
mated for European war relief dress
and coat which contained tag with
her name and address. The other day
she received from Holland what ap-
parently was a note of thanks for
the clothing. The message was in
scribed on a card in neat handwriting
but all in Dutch which she is un-
able to decipher.
Infiexible army regulations were
stretched to speed the discharge of
Cpl. Ralph Diiler, overseas veteran,
from Camp Atterbury. Originally
scheduled to be released Sunday, the
date was advanced to Saturday in
order to permit him to attend the
funeral services held here on Sunday
afternoon for Mrs. c. A. Stauffer,
mother of his wife, Mrs. Geraldine
Diller of Lima.
1t was some forty years ago that
Bluffton, like every other town had
its barbershop quartet and the for.
getfulness of the succeeding years
was swept away Monday when Mrs
M. M. Kibler brought TO the News
office a picture of that quartet which
embellished Sweet Adeline", anc
other favorites with rich diminished
sevenths--barbershop chords to you
Only member of the quartet still in
Bluffton is Emmett Stauffer. Others
were Fred Mitsch, Charles "Burl'
Worthington and Harry Amstutz
Favorite haunts of the quartet We're
| Worthington's barbershop whic /
stood on the site now occupied by C
F. Niswander's implement store anc
Wiz Troxel's restaurant, now the Ell
operated by the Cahills. The picture
shows the youths, in formal attire
with high stiff collars as they ap.
peared when singing on more forma
occasions.
| If you have dumped your favoritt
pairing knife into the garbage by mis-.
take, don't despair-it's probably out
at Arthur Swank's farm in Orange
township where the garbage is taker
and used for feeding hogs. Swami
says he has big selection of kitcher
cutlery found in the garbage ane
Bluffton housewives are welcome te
stop in and look over the selection
and re-possess anything which they
may identify as belonging to them
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If the old saying still holds thai
all good things come in threes, We're
wondering just what is next in stor,
for the Richard 'Dick" Mummas
formerly of Bluffton now in Chicag,
where he is a senior in McCormicl
Theological seminary. During tn,
| past week it was announced that Dicl
won a $1,000 seminary FELLOWSHIP
for graduate study and daughter
was born to him and his wife the for
mer Wilma Nonnamaker.
Sgt. Wilhelm Amstutz Jr., son O.
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