The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27
ROADS DRIFT SHUT
IN AREAS SECOND
MARCH BLIzzADD
Buses Unable to Make Rounds
Wednesday Because of Snow
Drifts.
Classes i'm Session Monday and
Tuesday; viii be Resumed
Thursday.

worst of the winter so far as rural
areas are concerned, brought snow
drifted roads, icy streets and below
freezing temperatures early Tuesday,
within four hours after the first
spring thunder and lightning storm
deluged the Bluffton vicinity with a
heavy downpour of rain.
Driven by a 60-mile- -an-hour- wind,
the snowstorm assumed blizzard-like
proportions that virtually halted all
inter-city highway travel at it's
height. Within a matter of a few
hours the rain-drenched Bluffton dis
trict was covered By a thick white
blanket Of snow.
Wind-whipped snow blocked many
north and south rural roads for the
second time this month and BIufton
streets were covered by treacher-
GUS coating of ice by daybreak Tues
day, as the weatherman put on a
quick change act to give district res
idents a belated taste Of winter.
School Buses Delayed
School buses made their rounds
Tuesday morning, but two of the four
were delayed several hours in get
ting to town, because Of the neeessi-
" Of taking out-of-the-way routes
to reach pupils in order to avoid
drifted roads. Glasses were dismiss
Snow blocked roads in North
western Ohio resulted i'm cancel
lation of a concert this Wednes-
day night by Arthur Damn, pi-
anist. on the BIuffton college
music course. Damn, whose home
il in OberIin, whore he il mem
Der of the faculty of the 0berlin
Conservatory of Music, telephon-
cd that he would be unable to
make the trip here because of
isnnassahIe highways,
ed at 2:05 p. HI. when there were re-
ports that roads were being blocked
again.
At the local plant of The Triplett
Electrical Instrument Co. more than
one-fourth of the total force of en-
ployes were unable to get to Bluffton
TO work.
With farmers unable to reach town
because of drifted highways, busi-
ness was slow thruout the day, and
the Carma theatre Tuesday night had
one of its smallest crowds since its
opening last fall.
Snow Continues
Intermittent fiurries of snow thru
out the day on Tuesday offset most
of the melting occasioned when the
sun at infrequent intevals broke thru
banks of clouds, and conditions We'd
nesday morning were virtually as
bad as they had been the preceding
day.
Among many minor accidents in
the area as a result of treacherous
roads was a mishap in Orange town
ship Tuesday afternoon during a
snow squall involving cars driven by
Rev. E. N. Bigelow, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, and Raymond
Stratton, farmer, south of Bluffton.
Both cars were damaged in the
crash, and the two drivers sustained
minor cuts and bruises.
Parked Cars Stall
Parking on Bluffton streets Tues
day and Wednesday involved risk of
getting stalled because slushy snow
heaped more than curb-high in the
cutters.
On highways and country roads
many ears and trucks were stalled in
drifts, and there were many cases
in which autos stuck in banked snow
when they pulled to one side in at.
tempting to pass.
One-way traffic was maintained
on the Dixie highway at the Roy
Rogers farm north of Bluffton, Wed,
nesday morning when two ears were
wrecked after skidding on the icy
highway.
The 60-mile-an-hour gale that
whipped huge drifts on country roads
actually did less damage here than
in most surrounding districts. Else.
where utility service was disrupted
BY fallen lines and in Lima there
were many reports of broken win.
dows.
Lima post Of the state highway pa.
e
most of the day Tuesday, and wai
forced to depend on radio communi
cation with Findlay for highway con
dition reports. The patrols Findia!
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