The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-15
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Bluffton taxing on Ihal Snflstilas-
sv look show windows in the
business district decorated with
Christmas art :. Christmas lights
appearing in the windows and lawns
Illuminated with outdoor decorations
it really gave us a lift the
other evening as we took a brisk
walk over town-but the letdown
came with a jangling interruption
on our favorite radio program with
the reminder that there are only
nine shopping days until Christmas
and mail early" slogans dinned
into our ears Postmaster Ed
Reichenbach announcing that win
dows at the post office will be open
Saturday afternoon to accommodate
a lot of put-it-off folks just like US
who really don't deserve it =. that
skiff of snow Monday night followed
bv colder weather Tuesday gave
Bluffton a more Christmaslike setting
which has been completely lacking
this year-fact is temperatures Sum
day were up into the sixties-to-
gether with rain, dampness and a
lot of humidity which fouled spark
plugs so that a lot of autos didn't
get started in time for morning
church services . but withal signs
of spring, Santa Claus, resourceful
| old fellow that he is, got to town on
schedule last Saturday-perhaps a
bit less rotund than his usual want
probably because he's having a
rough time getting around in that
sleigh without any snow =. and
Christmas business stepping up IN
the stores harried mothers busi-
ly shopping and rounding up their
children enamored of the cleaning
toy counters and mysterious
packages being furtively smuggled
into safe hiding places awaiting the
Christmas zero hour . and con-
gratulations to the Ross Bogarts or
their 54th wedding anniversary
Thursday, married in the old Metho
dist church, December Is, 1895, botf
of pioneer Bluffton families-Mrs
Bogart, the former Lulu Augsburg
or daughter of the Fred Augsburg
ers and his parents were the james
Bogarts and Bluffton house
wives using yellow oleo that the!
didn't have to mix at the kitchel
sink.
Adding to the brilliance of TIN
Christmas setting are two brigh
stars glowing in the western sky a
dusk-you can see them looking
south on Main street about 6 o'clocl
in the evening on clear night. The.
are in reality not stars, but tw'
planets-Venus, brighter of the pair
nearer the earth and Jupiter, large
to be sure, but much farther away
Venus, two and one-half time
brighter than Jupiter has about tn
greatest brightness that any star o
planet can have. So brilliant is We
nus that on the day after Christina
sharp eyes may see her in the day
time. The moon, three days oil
then, will be south of Venus, whicl
should help you in spotting tn
planet. When you locate the moor
then move your glance straight u
the sky for a short distance.
Were the two bright planets az
pearing at this season, the origins
star of Bethlehem? Most astronc
mers doubt it. Pointing out tha
early shepherds spent considerabl
time outdoors at night, they wer
doubtless familiar with the cours
of planets which always follow
regular schedule and it is unlikel
that they would have been confuse
by the appearance of Jupiter an
the lesser planets.
A comet or nova is believed t
be a better explanation. A nova
, a star that eynlodes hy An enormou