The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-29

the Stager which has been dropped
in recent years. After all there IS
something of camaraderie between |
teachers and pupils of the old-tlme |
district schools which was lost when |
Capitalization came into vogue and
education was put on mass prodoc-
ton basis. Perhaps it's more ell
ficient this way-and maybe we
couldn't have kept on in this pioneer
setup but we can't help but DeiieVe
that in the changeover there were
lost some very worthwhile values
even though they can't be measured
in terms of graph sheets or mathe-
matical equations. The aura OF
romance that clings to the little req
schoolhouse of a past era IS a
heritage of the older generations
like the faint scent of delicate per
fume-difficult to describe but none
theless real for all that.
&
1t was a pickle-but it looked for
all the world like a turtle-that
curiosity exhibited in the Blutfton
| News window over the weekend by
June Gallant, enterprising grand
daughter of the J. R. Fishers who
found the pickle in her grandfather's
garden in Orange township. Just to
make the likeness more real, June
supplied toothpicks for legs and the
display attracted considerably more
than a casual glance from the pass
ersby.
! Congratulations to Postmaster Ed
Reichenbach who is observing a
birthday this Wednesdays d
receiving we'll wishes from host of
friends who wish him many more
happy birthdays.
And Wednesday marks the 40th
wedding anniversary of the Cleon
Tripletts on s. Main street-and it's
the 59th wedding anniversary of the
M. M. Murrays. The Murrays are
Blufftons oldest living couple, mar
ried July %, 1889. Mr.. Murray is
80 and his wife 70. Every year
> they have enjoyed an anniversary
dinner together, altho for the past
two years it's been in the Blutftor
hospital where Mrs Murray has beer
a patient since the fall of 1946.
IL According to press reports wed
dings in st. Louis will be quiet
hereafter. The city's police depart
ment is preparing pamphlets wish
ing newlyweds "many years of hap
| piness," but reminding them tina
"nerve-wracking" parades through
the streets with auto horns honkinl
/ and cowbells ringing are against th
law.
/ All of which reminds US that on
| Bluffton resident just the other da,
complained about the same thinI
/ following a parade through Mai,
street here about midnight. H
pointed out that Bluffton has a cit
ordinance against "unnecessar
noises" and unless these celebration
are stopped he will insist on enforce
ment of the statute.
Beaverdam had a bad case c
jitters-as did most other norther
Ohio towns last Thursday when
was known that two dangerous xii
ers, West and Daniels, reformator
PAROLES were on the loose. In sue
an atmosphere it didn't take muc
imagination to conjure up a lot {
things when truck quietly droy
into the yards of the Nelson Til
Co., on the outskirts of the tow
about II o'clock at night. A hurrie
call to the sheriff's office brought
carload of deputies with guns read
for action. However, a search {
the premises disclosed no truck-bl
next morning evidence pointed to tt
fact that the truck, object of II
search had merely brought a loa
of trash to the nearby village dunn
ing ground and quietly went on il
way.
Mrs Harry Shrider, Jr., Britis
born war bride who has been visi
ing this summer at her former hon
in Grimsby, England, is due to sa
this week on the return to her hon
in Bluffton. Things are still austel
in postwar England she write
Meat is still very scarce and ration
ed and bread, altho not rationed
still available usually a loaf at
time. Vegetables, however, al
plentiful. Heavy rains have damas
ed farm crops this year. Last yes
crops suffered from drought, 81
writes. The Shriders live on Ha
mon road. Mr.. Shrider is employe
at the c, F. Niswander implemel
store.
Back 100 years ago in the da!