The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-08-11

Mrs. J. A. Westrick, the former
Maxine AmstutZ. is Bluffton wo-
man who not only knows her re-
cipes for tasty dishes, but cashes
in on them. Within the last six
weeks she has won three prizes in
local area competition for choice re-
cipes for potato salad, dried beef
sandwich filling and sweet potato
casserole dish. Now she's going out
after bigger game and entering ma
tional contests-good luck to you,
Maxine.
In view of the present sewer stu
alton there has been a lot of in
quiry as TO just how far the state
can go in forcing the issue. The
best opinion we've heard was put
in layman's language number of
years ago when the lates James ].
Weadock, ST., was city solicitor
here. According to his opinion the
state cannot force Bluffton to put
in a sewer system-but it can pre-
vent the town from polluting the
creeks-which would mean that it
can plug all sewer outlets which
pollute the streams. "And if the
state comes along and plugs those
outlets you had better not open
them," he added. In response to the
query of a council member What
could we do with our sewage?" the
solicitor replied "That's your prob
lem." Which would appear that if
it comes to a showdown the state
has the power, indirectly, to force a
sewer system here unless the town
can figure out another way of dis
posing of sanitary wastes.
Remember Gene Eppley-Bluffton
tennis fans of some 40 years ago
will recall him as former owner of
the Lima House who played lot of
tennis with Lima net men on the
courts here. Gene, who has been
an outstanding success as a hotel
man out in Omaha, Nebraska, re-
Gently gave summer camp nearby
to the Salvation Army of that city
It's an 82-acre tract with a camp
which surrounds a small lake.
Fourteen cottages will provide vaca-
tion quarters for 100 needy mothers
and children each week, accommodate
ing 800 during the season.
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Rallerina dolls, those Bluffton-
made novelties that have proven So
popular here, have been given ma
tional recognition in favorable
trade no-ce in the August issue of
Hobbies Magazine, said to be the
worlds largest publication of its
kind Being marketed under the
trade name of Ballerina Dolls, they
are made and distributed nationally
by Mrs. Robt. Benroth of South
Main street
Some of those north-Canada woods
look pretty much uninhabited-but
that doesn't mean there's nobody
around. Fact is, there are a lot of
big numbering operations going on
in sawmills on the lakes which dot
that region. A Bluffton party, E..
c. Romey, Hiram Wenger and Ralph
Patterson, back from a fishing trip
to Elephant lake in Ontario, some
500 miles north of Bluffton visited
one of the big lumber mills fitted up
with latest modern labor saving
equipment and geared for large
scale production. Logs, cut during
the winter are fioated down the
river to the lake where they are
caught by a dam to await saving.
Cutting Of timber in the winter and
operating sawmills in the summer
provide employment for sizable
portion Of Canada's lumber indus
try. Fishing was reported fair to
good with plenty of pickerel and
bass for their camp menu and some
to bring home.
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Sam Stepleton can't figure why
anyone goes anywhere else except
around Bluffton to catch big string
of really choice fish. And when
Sam showed his catch to some 30
friends, they were pretty much
agreed with him. Here's last week
record: Thursday evening he hooked
two 12-inch bass and 10 rock bass
each 10 inches long. Then on Sun
day afternoon in two hours he snag-
ged four bass ranging from 4 to
IA inches and 10 more 10-inch rock
bass. Sam says all of them were
caught within two miles of Bluffton
that's as near as he will identify
his fishing spot-however, this fish
story is no fish" story, if you
know what we mean-as his friends
will verify. The catch was taken
with rubber-legged spider and fly