The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-03
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AuguSt--ln honor OF caesar Au-
gustus-one of the top brass who
strutted around the Roman forum
in his day-previously it had been
known as lis-sixth--being the
sixth month in the old Roman cal
endar which started the year in
March 81 days which include
dog days !. last month of the Off
cial slacks season !. :. and bathing
suits and summer vacations
roasting ears ). picnics S. home
grown melons and a lot of hu-
mid sticky weather =. !. corn giving
every indication of another bumper
crop-that makes about half doz-
en- years in row-getting so that
a big crop is considered normal =.
and top item is that there still are
bargains galore for thrifty shop
pers at Buttons semi-annual dollar
days, Friday and Saturday-fact is,
you would do better reading the
money saving advertisements in this
issue instead of wasting time on
this column of chatter
No accounting for human nature
despite all this war-scare boarding
of lot of non-essentials, there's no
sign OF coal hoarding-fact is, the
coal business right now is slow.
Forgotten is the hard lesson of last
winter when there wasn't enuf coal
to go round why with all this
dither to hoard sugar, coffee, bed
sheets and nylons has everyone for
gotten that it's gonna be cold in
side next winter unless there's some
coal in the bin-a good time to fill
up is right now-and no one will
point a scornful finger at you as a
hoarder.
It's anything but tidy Main
street business section on Sunday
especially during the sum-
mer when a litter lett by Saturday
nights crowd cutters the sidewalks.
A few enterprising shopkeepers
make a gesture before closing by
sweeping the debris into the street
which simply changes the locale
but most of it is strewn about the
sidewalks until Monday morning.
With no place to deposit waste
paper, together with discarded sacks
and wrappings they are dropped on
the street. Those metal waste paper
containers we used to have located
in strategic spots in the downtown
section might help-at least it's
worth trying. Let's help the Satur-
day nighters to help keep our streets
clean.
Some of Buttons older genera
ton will remember the fine garden
of Mrs. Phoebe Steiner on South
Jackson street where the Francis
Marquart home now stands.
The tradition of fine gardening is
being carried on by her daughter,
Mrs. Roy (Lula Steiner) Kohn at
the latter's home in st. Louis.
A tiny city garden it is, to be
sure, but it has produced for the
family strawberries daily for three
weeks from n1id-May through early
June, then red raspberries for three
weeks and tomatoes from the first
of July.
Spotting two Bluffton-made Trip
lett testers, in the electronics di-
vision of one of the largest watch
factories in Switzerland came as
to Dennis Brauen, former
Bluffton resident, while on a six
weeks tour through Europe this
summer.
In the Oler watch works, Brauen
saw two Triplett-made Model 625-
MA testers, which plant officials
said were regarded as some of their
most useful equipment.
Brauen, who now lives in McAllen,
Texas, returned from his European
trip last Thursday, and left here
Monday with his wife and daughter,
Eileen, to return home.
While he was in Europe, Mrs.
Brauen visited here with relatives
and friends. The daughter came to
Bluffton a week ago after going to
Alaska on student tour over the
famous Alcan highway.
Our thanks to P. C. Luginbuhl of
Va, Richland township
native and brother of Sam, for a
newspaper pictorial page from a re-
cent issue of the Washington Post,
featuring a celebration in historic
Va, one of the first
colonial settlements.
The celebration, held last Tuesday