The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-01
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Comes September-seventh month
in the old Roman calender which be-
gan the year in March $. busy
month ushering in fall-Labor day
next Monday giving everyone final
vacation fling over the weekend
and school on Tuesday with enroll
ment expected to hit 500 which is
looking up again-prospect that at
sometime in the future Buttons
football coach isn't going to have
to lay awake nights worrying about
of football there's that preview COM
ing next week. which should give
the fans an eyeful as to Buttons
prospects-howeyer, remember it's
not Class-A competition such as the
Pirates will face on their regular
schedule 3. and squirrel hunting
season this month should give the
boys a preview of what the pheasant
season will look like later in the
fall /. and this was the month in
which the late Charlie Burns, long
range weather prophet used to fore
cast the severity of the coming win
ter by the marks on caterpillars'
backs i. and Bluffton still free of
polio despite rising tide of cases in
the area--Mrs. Al ingalls, the only
case reported here is convalescing
nicely with no after-effects and
veterans of last World war ap-
plying for G. |. insurance dividends
payments expected here in time to
start next year off with an average
of around 5000 for each of the boys
and Bluffton area exhibitors
checking up ribbons and prize money
won at the Allen county fair last
week-which by the way was re-
markably well organized and the at
tendance went far and beyond early
estimates and crowds vending
their way to Columbus this week to
the State Fair-and the Hancock
Fair, always good one, opens on
Wednesday of next week.
Speaking Of pinch-hitters, Rev.
Marion Tinsler, former Bluffton
college and seminary student can
qualify. Rev. Tinsler, now assist
ant professor of religion at Ohio
Northern stepped in and preached
the sermon at the Ada Methodist
church last Sunday when Rev. Ches-
ter Chambers, minister in charge,
was suddenly stricken with indiges-
tion during the morning service.
1t was the second substitution
Sunday morning as Rev. Chambers
of Lucky, Pa, was filing the pulpit
for the regular minister, Rev. Lee
Morehead who was on vacation.
Rev. Chambers left the rostrum
while ushers were taking up the of
fering- and later was found i'll in
an anteroom. Within ten minutes
Rev. Tinsler was summoned to the
pulpit where he did a commendable
job on delivering the sermon. The
theme-appropriately enough-"Who
is a Neighbour"
Toulouse geese are fairly rare
at least so far as city slickers are
concerned and Roy Clements, south
west of Bluffton, who exhibits some
of the tops of his fine flock at fairs
each year gets lot of amusement
from comments of spectators who
don't know their geese.
The birds are huge, with long
curving necks as big around as ball
bats with feather so fine they look
like fur. AT the Allen county fair
last week one wondering spectator
exclaimed in amazement, "Those
things look like cross between
goose and a st. Bernard dog"
And speaking of the fair, sale of
this years Grand Champion steer
of the junior fair reflected the down.
ward trend of beef prices-although
the price was sufficiently ample to
make any commercial stock raiser
happy The champ, an Aberdeen
Angus, owned by Dale Renner, Lima
Rt. 5, was bid in at S861.30. Last
years grand champion, a Shorthorn