The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-05-15
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Swimming season us here-at least
some adventurous youngsters slipped
under the fence and took plunge
IN the Buckeye Sunday afternoon
sounds bit wacky since it showed
last Thursday, only three days prev.
1ous and tractors out plowing
Monday from early until late actu-
ally raised dust in fields which were
water-soaked last week-and rain as
usual on Tuesday the magnolia
tree on South Main street on the
Zanna Staater lawn in bloom, albeit
several weeks late this year
looks like spring-but you never can
tell and some folks are still suspi-
cious that winter is lowering around
fact is one Blufton man was wear
ing one heavy wool and one light
cotton sock last week because you
never can tell whether it will be
warm or cold, so he's prepared in
either event and speaking of
weather, we've heard of surprising
number of folks afflicted with rheu-
matism lately and high school
and college commencement season at
hand plenty of pressing prob
lens in this weary old world to fur
nish material for graduates orations
one of which was sketched briefly
at the college booster dinner Monday
night when the speaker pointed out
that with farms producing twice as
much now as they did in grand
fathers time-and one-third more
than before the war how are we go
ing to dispose of it-can't export
much because foreign nations have
no money with which to buy-there's
a problem for some bright senior to
tackle
Unexpected death of Arthur
"Pude" Worthington, heart attack
victim brings to a total of four
Bluffton men who have been simil-
arly stricken suddenly since the first
of the year. Others were John
Blome, Wesley Eversole and Harry
Barnes, all of whom were removed at
a time when they were at the peak
of their usefulness to their families
and the community.
Final reports indicate that the
Community auction sponsored as
part of the Presbyterian Talen pro-
gram will show net profit of $4,000
instead of $1,000 as announced earl
ier. Nearly five tons of waste paper
to be sold to dealers were collected
last Saturday by the young adults
group of the church.
Orchids were conspicuous by their
absence in Mothers day corsages
this year since they have gone up in
price with the general cost of living
however, they're still plentiful and
cheap in Hawaii as Ed Lape, Bluff
ton merchant will tell you. The
Lapes spent month early in the
spring with their son Wade Lape,
stationed at Hawaii in naval service.
Ed says orchids are regarded much
as we do garden flowers, being used
in bouquets in the homes and worn
to work by office employees and store
clerks.
Here the other day was Allen
Beeshy and his pet dog Honey, now
living near Roundhead-the twosome
familiar to Bluffton people when
they resided in Riley street until
few years ago. Honey, you may re-
call was a stray dog who took up
residence with Allen and the two
have been fast friends ever since.
Happy birthday wasn't so happy
for Robert Brook, 10, Findlay youth,
last Sunday who was taken to the
Bluffton hospital for treatment for
minor injuries as the result of an
automobile accident Sunday night on
the Dixie highway near the Roy
Rogers farm north of town. Injur-
les sustained resulted from a mishap