The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-07-21
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"Shine on Harvest Moon"-that's
Blutfton areas theme song as big
farm trailers loaded with wheat
rumble down Cherry street from
| morning until after dark waiting
| their turn at the Farmers Elevator
j. and oats on the market too
and a corn crop that looks bigger
than either Of them in the ofing-
and roasting ears ON the dinner
table . :. farmers busy from dawn
until dusk knocked off early last
Saturday for a sociable evening in
town :. streets of the business
section and parking lots filled with
cars and late arrivals parking
wherever they happened to find
space in the outlying residential
districts . more parking space is
one of Buttons top problems-and
with one of the North Main street
spots slated to be changed from
parking to a used car lot, the situa-
tion will be worse Harmon field
popular with future drum maiorettes
competing for top honors in a baton
twirling contest last Saturday-and
those uniforms must have been the
original inspiration for Buttons and
Bows" and night ball games
fiourishing under the lights with the
fans getting all popped up since
fortunes of the Bluffton teams are
taking a turn for the better i
and Bluffton municipal politics-al-
ways unpredictabe-may write an
other chapter with a candidate for |
mayor on the G. O. 2. ticket left |
vacant by Davies withdrawal-gos-
sip has it that an announcement is |
in the making as soon as the O. X. |
comes from the county higherups-
that's the way its looks now-may- |
be tomorrow it'll be ditferent-can't |
tell anything about Bluffton politics
these days-not even the night be- |
fore election when a surprise write |
in campaign upsets all the dope.
There were a lot of Bluffton area |
people~who craned their necks and |
squinted skyward last Saturday noon |
to see that rainbow which circled the |
sun-a sight comparatively rare, at |
least to see such a well-defned rain |
bow. Astronomers say it is caused |
by the suns rays shining through |
ice particles in high, thin clouds.
Since Buttons '49-er celebration |
over the 4th of July, the oldtimers
have been realizing a lot Of local |
history-some good-some otherwise
where there were an even doz- |
en- saloons fourishing here and |
Lew Siddall who ran WATERPROOF
cred grist mill on Big Riley creek
at the foot of Thurman street, sold
cornmeal for rs cents a bushel =
when Blutfton rootin' tootin' Satur-
day night town in days of the oil
boom before the days of interurban
cars or autos and everyone had
pocketful of money and no way
to get out of town and the |
Boedicker carding mill on lower |
Riley creek-quite modern for those
days, since it operated on steam
power. a~r"---~
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Big events in the lives of little |
men-that weekend outing when
Ralph Reichenbach took his three
boys-Eddie, Douglas and Ralph, Jr.,
and Jimmy Berry on a fishing expe
dition to Gail Mumma's cottage on
the Maumee river half-mile from
Grand Rapids.
They pitched a tent and slept out
on Saturday night--fshing was good
with bass and catfish in the catch.
Douglas took top honors catching
14-inch sheephead
And speaking of fishing, Jess
Manages snagged a 22-inch pickerel
at the Buckeye the other day, fish
ing from a boat and using minnows
for bait.
And speaking of hobbies, the mod
el railroad Of DR.. B. w. Travis, |
Bluffton physician, was featured in
a douhle-page spread in the Sun
day magazine section of the Colum-
bus Dispatch.
Constructed by the Bluffton ply |
sician as hobby, it is a complete
railroad system with depots and
roundhouses, grain elevators to SIM
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