The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-07-25


was priced the same as a new car.
and four visiting youth caravaners at
the Presbyterian church teaming up
with young folks of the town and or
ganizing mixer at Harmon field
this Wednesday night. and Bluff
ton getting airminded at long last
with Ada a half-dozen jumps ahead
of US and airplanes are old stuff over
at Pandora's landing field.
Bluffton's Saturday nights-espec-
tally in the summer time with milling
crowds filling sidewalks of the busi-
ness section-numerous little knots
of bystanders exchanging neighbor-
hood gossip and crop prospects, cry
ing babies and raucous screeching of
auto horns and shoppers with arm
loads of groceries-you know how it
is. it's an old story here-but it's
understanding that isn't found
everywhere, as Oliver Locher, from
Ft. Worth, Florida, will tell you. Oh
lie, erstwhile clerk in the Citizens
bank here is back with his family for
a few weeks visit. He says that down
in Ft. Worth the business section is
deserted from six o'clock on Satur-
day night until Monday morning and
one of the things he was looking for
ward to when he got back to Bluffton
was to go down town on Saturday
night to see the crowds and incident
ally meet a lot of old friends.
And speaking of former resident
ers-there's Kenneth Alspach who
with his family was here to spend
the week end with his home folks.
Kenneth is one of the old timers in
Detroit's wholesale grocery field,
having been employed by firms in
that line for the past twenty-five
years.
The c. & L. E. buses are making
a couple of unscheduled stops these
days in order to accommodate Miss O.
Gle Anderson, Bluffton librarian who
early this summer was a surgical
patient in the hospital here. The
morning bus picks her up at her home
on South Main street about 10 o.
clock in the morning and stops at the
library. In the evening bus stops at
the library to take her home. She
pays a dime for the trip one way,
buying a ticket to the Otto Amstutz
road some three miles south of town.
Altho he hasn't carried rural mail
for six years, Ross Bogart, who form
erly served Route 2, still attends the
State-Letter Carriers convention as
the representative elected from this
district-fact is, Ross returned last
week from Columbus where the con-
vention was held. Looks like life
time job for Ross, who has in years
past held high offices in the state or
ganization. "You see, the other boys
in the district are busy nowadays and
I've got time for it," Ross explained.
For the busiest spot in town this
summer when it comes to remodeling
and generally improving properties,
we'll nominate that section of South
Lawn avenue between College avenue
and High street. In that short stretch
here's the record:
William Fox at the College avenue
corner has recently completed new
porch, added a new garage and is do
ing inside remodeling.
Next door neighbor Walter Schnegg
is putting some white shingles on his
home which adds lot to its appear
ance.
And next door the Robert Deer
hakes have been excavating for a
new basement and building an addi-
tion.
And if you'll look sharply across
the street, the painter who is putting
a new coat on Gerhard Buhler's house
is High School Principal Buhler him.
self who believes in the old adage
that if you want something done well,
do it yourself.
And on the College avenue corner,
opposite the VIM. Foxes, there's
new enclosed front porch and white
shingles making a mighty good look
ing place where Sidney Stettler and
his sister, Mrs. Inez Neuenschwander
live.
And just a stones throw outside
this district up Lawn avenue toward
the Grade school there's John Badert-
scher's home in white shingles at the
Franklin street corner and Howard
Stauffer on the other corner of
Franklin street with new garage
and some interior remodeling and
Kermit Herr farther up the street do
ing interior remodeling also.
Don't be impatient with telephone
central these days if you encounter
some delay in putting thru calls
it isn't the heat. Fact is, the opera