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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-22
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Falls officially here-leaves start
ing to turn-one Of the naples at
the high school corner at College
avenue and Jackson street is unus-
ually beautiful =. and on bright
dav with a brisk wind there's a
vivid rainbow effect we'll worth see
ing when the sun shines through
the spray from the cooling system
of the Woodcock generating plant
at the old National quarry-you'll
find it over by the Nickel Plate
tracks another unusual sight in
Bluffton is the English walnut tree
bearing a large crop, now ripening
as far as we know this is the only
tree of its kind in the Bluffton area
and now it's open season for
long range weather predictions g.
some of the boys who claim to know,
say those thick corn husks foretell
a hard winter-but after all when
it comes to the corn crop everything
is big this year-husks and all
stalks look like young trees
time was when harvesting such a
stand would have enlisted all hands
in corn cutting from dawn to dusk
now mechanized pickers will do the
lob and the squirrel season at
the halfway mark with only fair re-
turns and one more week to go :.
downtown weekend gossip buzzed
after Class B Bluffton high decided
the Glass A Western Buckeye cir
cult was too fast-and then knocked
off Kenton, defending league champs
Friday highland all this with Don
Oates, substitute center taking over
the pivot post IN the line on "a
hours notice-good work, Don . F.
and Ada, a rank outsider trouncing
Wapak, Class A league team, on the
same night-whazza matter with
these tough Class A schools :. and
congratulations to the Methodist
church which celebrates 115 years in
Bluffton next Sunday-founded in
the early days when religion, like
all other pioneer virtues was virile
and hardy, it has gone through war
and peace, good times and bad, al
ways a potent and militant force for
good in the community which is all
the richer because of its influence
Some people don't like Buttons
chlorinated city water-but there
are others who do. Just to prove
our point, a man from over near
Findlay stopped at filling station
here the other day and filled ten
gallon-jugs with the city's chlorine.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-22

tinctured supply.
Speaking of likes and dislikes-
the Harvey Crates north of town
home Sunday after 60 days summer
travel in Switzerland encountered
three days of unusually rough
weather on the return trip by boat
Harvey says it's three days of his
life which he has no desire to live
over again. Quite different was the
outbound trip by air, when they
made the transatlantic flight in 9
plane without unpleasant incident
And speaking of boats, press dis.
patches telling of the fateful fire
claiming some 200 lives which swept
the big Noronic, crack luxury pas,
senger cruiser of the Greak Lakes al
Toronto, Ontario, Saturday, had ar
angle of personal interest for our
boss, Editor Biery who with Mrs
Biery took a ten days wedding trip
from Detroit to Duluth and return
on the vessel thirty-two years age
last month. Four Findlay people
lost their lives in Saturdays holo-
caust.
Strawberries by the barrel-what
we mean is that Tom Conaway rails
es them in a 50-galIon oil drum at
his home at Spring and West Elm
streets. The drum is filled with
well-moistened dirt and the plants
can be seen protruding from holes
in the side of the drum as we'll as
on top. Berries still are ripening
through the fall season-and Just
before frost, it's simple matter
to roll the barrel inside.
julie Bcnroth, Blufton native
whose death occurred in Phoenix,
Arizona, last week was throughout
his life associated with automobiles
and the automobile business. In fact
his active career parallel rather
closely development of the automo-
tive industry. It was back at the
turn of the century when julie
slender youth in his early teens with
a lot of natural mechanical talent
became Bluffton's first automobile
service man, looking after Frank
Scott's car, the first one in town
A little one-lunger it was which
chugged along at some 10 miles an
hour over dusy roads, scared horses,
frequently broke down and had to
be towed back to town with team
furnishing motive power. In return
for his services as an auto mechanic
julie was permitted to drive the cal
which was regarded back in those
days as something of playthine
and not to be taken too seriously.
1t isn't the size of the dog in the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-22

fght-it's the size of the fight in
the dog-and Bluffton, only Glass B
high school in the Western Buckeye
| league, received unstinted tributes
of praise from coaches of larger
schools at the league meeting last
| week when it became known that
the local school was withdrawing
from tue circuit. Highly commend
ed was the record made by Buttons
Pirates for the record of pluck, per-
severence and never-say-die spirit
displayed on the playing field against
| larger schools
Foot-long pickles are an attraction
in the Bluffton News window-two
of the bumper specimens weigh five
pounds. They come from the Rock
port area, being raised by Arthur
Price on the Ernest Erect farm.
That big field of sunfowers on the
Carl Bosse farm east of Bluffton
and Route 103 at the Rawson road
is about ready for harvesting-or
didn't you know they harvest sun
flowers.
Mrs. Bosse, bookkeeper at the Am
stutz hatchery here, says raising
sunflowers is nothing new to her
husband and his brother, Ernest
Bosse who started last year when
there was demand for sunfower
seeds as an ingredient in salad
dressing.
Carl has a five acre tract this
year and Ernest a 10-acre field at
his farm northwest of Ada. The
seed brings around II cents pound
on the market and is processed by
mill in Cincinnati
A good stand will make around a
ton of seed per acre. The brothers
realized around 1,400 pounds per
acre last year.
i DE- II
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-22
Pandora Asks Bids
On School Addition

Bids on a new auditorium-gym-
nasium at Pandora high school will
be accepted by the board of educa-
tion of that place until October 7,
it was announced this week.
Although the school district has
$4,000. voted in bonds for the pro-
ject, consulting architects told the
board of education at a meeting
Monday that funds may not be suffi-
cient to finance the project.
Erected in the building program
would be the combined gymnasium
auditorium, a fve-bus garage, vo-
cational agriculture class room and
shop facilities, according to Supt.
C. c. Cox.
Voters approved the bond issue
three years ago, but high building
costs and material shortages have
prevented the board from proceeding
with the project.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-22

Fire feeds on careless deeds.
Peaches immersed in boiling water
for l to 3 minutes, then dropped in
cold water, will peel easily.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-22

News Want Ads Bring Results.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-22

ems DouItnu uInnSI, ,uc4o ue.,
at first a little stiffness. But Tom
was soon joking about Fred s
high forehead" and Fred was
asking Tom if he'd considered sell
ing his hair to wire-brush factory.
AS they said hearty farewells
later, Tom remarked, Cant say
I'm sorry about that fire. We've
sure missed you folks"
And it was all my fault" Fred
said. Il was wrong about"
Jaw, forget it," Tom interrupted.
GLOW about some golf Saturday."
When they reached home, Fred
looked at the blackened wall specu-
latively. "No real damage done,
Ellen. A coat of paint will fix it
up"
How do you suppose the tree
ever caught fire." Ellen asked.
F re d grinned sheepishly. "A
match and bunch of tissue paper
may have helped"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-22
by John Scott Douglas

FIRED DOBSON plugged in the
= string of lights and then stood
back to admire the blue and red
and green candle globes on the
Christmas tree. Ellen left the table
she was setting to study the effect.
"Nice little tree, Fred. Seems a
shame, ti,cugh, not to be sharing
il with solAecne. This was our
year"
And then She stopped, and her
face, still pretty in middle age,
grew pink. Fred knew she'd been
about to say ttat it was their year
to have the Robbins to Christmas
dinner. Every year since their
children had married and left they
had either entertained their neigh
bors or had been their guests.
But now, by mutual consent, the
quarrel with the Robbins was not
mentioned. It was characteristic
of Ellen not TO blame Fred. And
that took forbearance because Mar
tina Robbins had been her dearest
friend.
Ellen sighed. "Goodnessl the tur-
key must be almost ready"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-22
On Christmas

While the litter from Christmas
packages is still about, be partic-
ularly careful of smoking. Hot
ashes dropped on tissue paper or a
carelessly-tossed match could re-
suit in tragedy.
December Is was decreed as the
date of Christ's nativity by the
Roman emperor Julian who began
his reign as a Christian, but re-
verted to paganism before his
death.
The ideal Christmas tree is the
fir, because of its tendency to hold
its needles longer.
A final step in trimming the
Christmas tree is frosting it with
fluffy snow. A simple and popular
form of snow is ordinary soap
flakes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-22

dog out OF the Dobson's gafuen.
Fred thought the fence was a foot
within his own property line, and
jokingly said SO.
Tom had laughed. who's paying
for it,"
on pay half" Fred had said,
"if you'll buy the strip you're using"
The joke, within a matter of days,
had taken on an edge, and then
they gave up speaking No longer
did they fish and hunt together, or
play in their usual Saturday four
somes.
By then, beginning to fume at
Toms high-handedness, Fred had
his property surveyed, only to dis
cover that his garden had in reality
extended onto his neighbours prop
erty. The fence was where it be-
longed.
Fred wanted to apologize, but
every time he stepped outside, Tom
walked into the house.
Within a matter of seconds, Fred
was too busy to think of the quarrel.
The little Christmas tree was on
fire and carckling fiercely. He
flung open the door and screamed,
"Fire! help! help" And then,
snatching up the hall runner he'd
b n planning to replace, he
knocked over the tree and began
beating out the flames.
Behind him Tom called, "Stay
with it, pal-Tll get something"
He was back in a moment with a
rake. Lifting the smoldering tree
with the tines, he hurled it out onto
the snowy lawn.
Martha Robbins had appeared by
then. Seeing Ellen staring dazedly
at the cloud of smoke and the
blackened wall where the tree had
stood, she opened the windows and
then slipped her arm around Ellen S
shoulders.
Poor dear! And just when you
were sitting down to your Christmas
dinner. After the smoke has thinned
out, this room will be freezing. You
and Fred are having dinner with
u.s."
Ellen looked happy but clustered.
"But this was our year"
"Nonsense!" Tom said heartily.
"We'u eat with you next year"
THAT will be SWELL" Fred said,
beaming.
When they started Martha Rob-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-22

There were some very important
matters to attend to before he was
quite ready. They wouldn't take so
long, but the waiting would. He
started unwrappiqg his packages.
Thanks to MON, life was really
fine.
A little before u that night Mrs.
Ellis, noting the silence, went into
Henry's room. His lights were blaz-
ing but the boy was asleep in a
chair drawn close to an open Win
dow. She walked quietly over be-
side him. A whole month-thirty
arduous days devoted to being good
he had worked for this night, and
now he was asleep with the sum
total of his dreams in his lap and
fists. Soundly sleeping, he lay back
in the chair, in one hand a noise-
maker; clutched Imply in the other,
a large horn. The box in his lap
contained piles of confetti, while
reams of paper streamers were
laid neatly over the chair arms.
There was a ridiculous paper hat
crushed into the chair back by his
head, and, on the table near him,
there was another horn. 1t had a
white card tied on it labelled SIM
ply For mother"
So, she thought, with tears in her
eyes, little mans plan for one
night had included his mother. She
shook him gently, settled his hat
more perkily on his head, and
picked up her own horn. Noise
seemed suspended in the air.
"Wake up, little one track mind"
she said, sitting him up straight.
Hurry and wake up SO you can
wish me Happy New Year!"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-22

THE VERY INCEST thing about
L Henry Ellis, Henry had de-
cided, was the fact that he was nine
years old. He possessed another at
tribute variously described by his
mother as stubbornness, stupidity,
and the result of a one track mind.
To get something he really
wanted, Henry had learned from
experience, he always had to work
hard and long. Fostering his mother
for what he wanted came easiest.
"Why not, Mom?" he begged.
"Why can't do it? I want to more
than anything in the world. I'd be
so good you wouldn't know me-"
Finally his mother gave in to his
endless teasing and what she con-
sidered impossible promises.
"All right, all right" she said,
SOundly sleeping, he lay back
in tE.e chair, in one hand a noise
maker; clutched Imply in the
other, a large horn. The box in
his lap contained piles of con-
fetti.
"We'll see if you can be good for
a whole month and then-well, Wen
see."
His long-awaited goal was in
sight, but Henry had to admire his
mothers shrewdness. Knowing
that Rita, who was five, would keep
close tab on him, Mrs. Ellis put
her in Henry's charge for the
month. Playing nursemaid to five
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-22

Rita just barely listened to him
before demanding, Nov be a tur-
tie for me, Henry. Crawl like
turtle and pull your head in a she'll"
The days crept past Christmas
and Henry knew that being good
was surely a most terrible expert
ence. Then at last the month was
over and he heard his mother ask
ing, Had enough Of being good,
Henry?"
Feeling it to be a trick question,
he answered casually that g.
would be fun to see the fellows
again, and just sort of all over re-
laX!" She laughed, encouraging
him to go on. Hey, nom, well, can
I do it-you know"
She kissed him, saying, eyes"
Henry yelled ''Hooray" as he ran
into his room. Gosh, it had been
worth waiting for after all-lny
hut he hated Girls thouph TTphi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-22

when he could be as nasty as ne
wanted-but taking care of her on
his good behavior was purely awful.
All this time she would faint her
demands with "Or I'll tell mama"
Only once he told her calmly but
desperately, IF l ever have any
children, they'll all be boys or all
be girls. I'm not going to make any
little boy Of mine have a little sis
ter. No sir, I'll give him a turtle
or a goat or something he wants,
not a little sister,"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-22

He was back in a moment with
a rake. Lifting the smouidering
tree with the tines, he hurled it
cut onto the snowy lawn.
Fred thought of their quarrel,
which had started because Of a
cocker puppy which wouldn't stay
home. Tom, with his usual consid-
Grafton for his neighbors, had
o1o-'+od 10 hrild = fence to keen the
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-27
Friday. May 27. ls4s
REV. PURVIANCE AT FEDERATED SUNDAY

Word has been received from Anchorage by the Church Board of the Federated Church that Rev. A. E. Purviance, pastor of the Methodist Church will be mem Der of the group arriving here on Sunday in a chartered plane un- der the auspices of the Anchorage Ski Club.
 Rev. Edward Knight is taking over the Anchorage pulpit for Rev. Purviance. Arrangements have been made for a service at the Federated Church for eleven o'clock.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-27
BUDDY" POPPIEs
 ON SALE NEXT WEEK

The American Legion Post have announced that they will have poppies on sale next week as is traditional with American Legion Posts all over the States.
 Topples are sold to raise funds for the veterans who are hospital ized, and to assist their depend ents. Some of the funds are used as part of the therapeutic reha- bilitation program under way.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-27
DAUGHTER BORN TO BERNARD SMITHS

Sgt. and Mrs. Bernard C. Smith are the parent sof a daughter born May 26 at the Marks Field Base hospital. Lois Valerie, who weigh ed seven pounds is being Welcom- ed by two brothers who are eager ly awaiting her arrival at home.
 Sgt. Smith is chief radio repair man of the ACS and we'll known in the community, having been stationed here since August, l946.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-27
GEORGE O'CONNOR FRACTURES ARM

George O'Connor, son of MT. and Mrs. E. B. O'Connor of Nome, who has been attending school at White Mountain, sustained a frac- tured arm and had to be flown into Nome to the hospital yester- day.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-27
Hospital News

Admitted to the Maynard Me Dougall Memorial hospital are George O'Connor for an arm frac- ture, and Mrs. Garnet Martin for medical attention.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-27
U. s. Court Indicts Harry Bridges,
 Tough ILWU Head
Continued from Page One)

Dor relations committee and for mer president of Bridges locaJ here. Bail for each was set at $5,000.
 The union promptly asSailed the indictments as "a pOlitical frame-up" by the Truman admin istrdtion to put the union out .oi business.
 One count charged the three men conspired against the imrn-- grafton laws by fraudulently oC- taining naturalization for Bridge; on Sept. ', l945. Another coun1 charged Bridges with perjury ln denying that he was then, or eve had been, a member of the com munist party. The third cOunt charged Schmidt and Robertson with perjury. It accused them ot .estifying falsely that Bridges had not been a member of the com mun.st party.
 Bridges was in New York. He went there after a recent stormy l session of the CIO executive council in Washington at which he and other left wing leaders were told to get in line with CIO poll cies or get out The union said he would leave New York yesterday { for San Francisco.
 : Robertson was reported in SaE Francisco and a union attorney said he would surrender yester- day. Schmidt, who has been di- rec.ing the Hawaiian Waterfron. s.rike, surrendered to the U. s Marshal at Honolulu. He was ac-. companied by six beefy Stevedores who shielded him from news cam eramen. He called the indictment. just another attempt by the cm- ployers 10 wreck the ILWU."
 Conviction on the charges car res l possible maximum penalty Of seven years in prison and Sl5,- GOO fine.
 : Gove-nment men taxing part m the grand jury presentation in- cluded F. Joseph Donohue, special assistant attorney general from Washington, and John P. Boyd, deputy commissioner of the immi- ,r,.,.;,,, .,,I standardization, r,,.,,;oo Boyd helped prepare the first de- portation case against Bridges n 1889.
 Boyd said the move to revoke Bridges citizenship eliminated long investigation. We have new evidence which has never been presented before," he said. We feel reasonably certain of our case" He added that some prom inent labor leaders had been help full in developing the case.
 After Bridges first deportation hearing in 1889, James M. Land;s, then dean of the Harvard Law School, ruled the evidence failed to establish that Bridges was, at that time, a member of, or affin- ated with the communist party.
 A second hearing was held in l94l. Judge Charles B. Sears of : New York recommended Bridges deportation on the ground he ''has been affiliated" with the com munists. But the United States Supreme Court held there was no evidence to support the finding and reversed Sears.
 Slim, tough talking Bridges be-
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-27

The rolling farming country in which the city of Lubin lies is one of Poland's most productive gran aries, producing wheat, barley, oats and rye.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-27
TEEN-AGE DANCE AT LEGION HALL

There will be a Teen-Age Dance at the American Legion Hall Sat urday evening at $500 pm.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-26
Rattlers Top STAG
But Bow In Tourney

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Fne
Florida A and M College Rattlers,
coached by Ulysses Jones, won the
STAG Conference championship with
record of II wins and losses.
Norris Brown was End with IA wins
and losses. Tuskegee was third
with IA wins and 5 losses.
At the Annual STAG Tournament
last weekend, the favorite Rattlers
were upset by Tuskegee Tigers g.
"a. Morris Brown copied the tourna-
ment honors by defeating More
house College $3.50 after overcom-
ing a % point lead with only
minutes to play.
The Rattlers held two close wins
over Tuskegee during the regular
season and 10 point victory in their
only game in Atlanta against Morris
Brown.
Charles "Juke'' Bostic, sensation.
al one hand push shot artist of Tam
pa, and Herman Pittman of Tampa
made the all tournament team. Bos.
ic also set a new Famcee record by
scoring 423 points during the season
and copied first place scoring hon.
ors at the tournament with SO
points.
Captain James big JIM Will
liams of Tampa closed out his bril-.
liant athletic career by standing
second with PIC points for the sea-
son, followed by Robert Wheel
Jefferson of Dunnellon with 212
points and Earnest Fears, lanky re-
bound specialist of Tallahassee with |
200 points, and Earl "Bcbble" Rob.
inson, freshman sensation of Tam.
pa, with 1913.
The Rattlers closed the season
with "a wins and losses. /
The Rattlers are expected to play !
an exhibition game against some
college team during the
Florida High School Tournament this
weekend according to a statement
by Coach Jones.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-26
Youth For Christ
Rally

Rev. and Mrs. +. II. HaZlett, Mis-
sionaries, late of New York and the
West Indies, have been doing Chris
tan Work among the children of
Brown Subdivision for the past
four months with very good re-
suits. There are about 1870 children
of all ages who have confessed con.
version. 1t is interesting to learn
that many of these children will take
part in the Youth for Christ Rally,
which will be held in the Sepian
Theatre, 49th street, N. w. 9th ave.
Sunday, March 81 at $50 pm. Pa.
rents and guardians are invited TO
attend. as this Rally may be the be-
ginning of great things for the
youths and for all concerned in this
area.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-26
Pallbearers Sick
Committee Meets

The Sick Committee staff of Pail.
bearers Lodge No. Is met at the
beautiful and spacious home of Mrs.
Lillian Curtis LA N. w. 9Th ct. on
Monday. March IA.
Mrs. Curtis served as a repast
Waldof Salad with country fried
chicken, cocktail Of all assortment.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Curry, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
ward Williams. Mrs. Mabel Golden,
Mrs. Bernice Fowler, Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillip Wallace, Mrs. Albertha
Thompson. Mrs. Hattie Thompson.
Mrs. Rosetta Woods.
Mr.. Henry Curry, chairman
Mrs. Edward Williams. Snc'y
Mrs. Phillip Wallace reporter