The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-02-10
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Calendar racing on toward mid
February Boy Scout week and
time to do a good turn daily
and basketball tournament next week
finds the high school Pirates sharp
ening their shooting eye in prepara-
tion for the opening round at Celina
days getting longer-and spring
was in the air Monday when stores
in the downtown district had a
veritable epidemic of window wash
ing {. and our next door neighbor
is getting anxious to start his gard
least we saw him out poking
around in the ground the other day
and speaking of gardens, wonder
why the stuff we raised never looked
like the pictures in the seed catalogs
always been disappointed
about it +. just like we were dis
appointed because our grade school
teacher told us we might some day
be president-but that's because our
birthday doesn't come in February
!. but speaking of birthdays,
there's Chris Santschi, one of Bluff
toms oldest residents who will be
81 next Tuesday-he was born in
Zurich, Switzerland and there's
Mrs. Ray Campbell's birthday on
Valentines day next Monday and
Mrs. r. L. Triplett's comes on Lin
coins birthday Saturday and Mrs.
John Thompson's was on Grounding
day last Wednesday not to for
get Allen county which also will
celebrate its birthday on Saturday,
still going strong at 129 years :.
first early Matched chicks making
their appearance-which means that
Easter-on April IT this year-can't
be too far off they say that
some of those chicks dyed in gay
colors which sold last year for
Eastertide pets grew up to make
some mighty good Sunday dinners
+. and politics after its hectic
round of pre-deadline jockeying re-
lapsing into its usual quietude-
however politics is like the weather
you never can tell what's going to
happen Albert Oyer handing
out candy bars Tuesday--he's grand
pats a boy born TO the Charles
Suffers.
Edison's birthday-Fr Fridays al
ways the occasion for a double cele-
bration at the John Garlinger home
this year it's Johns 18th birth
day and also the 54th wedding an
of the couple. When they
We're married "a years ago roads
were blocked with drifted snow so
deep that travel was practically par
alyzed and they had difficulty in
getting a minister TO perform the
ceremony.
All of their friends, Including
their granddaughter Bernadine Var
Vlack and family of California wish
them many happy returns Of the
day. The Irwin Longs will be guests
for dinner Friday and spend the
evening playing hearts.
Speaking of drifted snow, Mrs
Helen Worthington, just returned
from California, was aboard trair
that Travelled through the blizzard
swept western plains. The sight sht
described was beautiful for its sceni,
effects as the sun shone ON the end
less expanse of snow, but starl
tragedy stalked in the background
'ras herds of half-frozen cattle hud
died together on the open range il
a pitiful attempt to keep warm a
temperatures ranged from 80 to Al
degrees below zero. Railroad sched
ules were demoralized and the train
Si1fpGd at 4lllfl Ra1S III All1AN Ou
frozen parts of the locomotive. /
arrived in Chicago 16 hours late.
Richard Marquart, captain of tn
Mt. Cory high school basketball
team who is in Blfffton hospita
with badly injured hand. couldn'
play in that crucial game with Raw
son last Friday night-but his team
mates, entering the game as the III
derdog, played inspired ball to wi
by score of 81 to 56. What a lo
of the spectators didn't know wa
that wire recording was made 0
the entire game which was playe
for him at the hospital here Satul
day night.
Richard lost two fingers of hi
left hand when it was accidental
| caught in a saw in the schools mar
ual training shop.
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