The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-09

of log fire with no radio, no tele-
vision, no comic books and no candy
bars to relieve the monotony S.
and when it comes to February
birthdays we're not forgetting good
old Allen county which also will cell
ebrate its birthday on Sunday-still
going strong at $50 years =. and
then there's little Emily Ruth Ham
man, daughter of the Bob Hammans
in Garmatter addition, who on her
first birthday posed for a picture
with her favorite periodical, The
Bluffton News-hope she continues
to show such good taste.
Edison's birthday Saturday-and
it's also the 10th for John Garlinger
which finds him hale and hearty
and come Valentines day next Tues
day is the 55th wedding of the Gar
fingers. Their wedding day back in
1895 found roads blocked with snow
drifts so deep they had difficulty in
getting a minister to perform the
ceremony.
And speaking of old timers, we
mentioned last week Benjamin Fair
less, of United States Steel, form
er student at Ada's Ohio Northern
well, here's another-Joel Amstutz,
90, known to quite few Bluffton
area residents who died ct his home
in Sterling, Ohio. Friday. He was
graduated from Northern's engin-
eering college in the early days and
did much work as a surveyor. A
music-lover, he played his violin reg
ularly at church services until about
a year ago.
The Harvey Burkholders west of
Bluffton should qualify as one of
Ohio State university's most loyal
basketball boosters. Their son, Bob,
playing his third year at varsity
guard is one of the mainstays on the
team. Fact is, Harvey and his son
jim has seen all Ohio States home
games this season-and virtually all
of the home games for the two pre-
| ceding years. Also Jim and his wife
| drove up to Minneapolis last month
to see the Buckeye outfit play Min
nesota in one of the Big Ten games
and enroute home stopped at Lafay-
cite, Indiana, to see the Ohio State
Purdue game.
Ralph Locher, former Blufftonite
now executive secretary to Governor
| Lausche is an old hand when il
comes to press conferences. The
governors office, besieged as it al
ways is by newspaper reporters
. Ralph has had lot of experience
in relations with the press-however
he had brand new one last Friday
Instead of arranging for press
conference at the State House ht
notified the reporters that it would
be held at the bedside of II. III
1 (Doc) Daugherty, veteran Associat
ed Press correspondent who was re,
covering from an operation at White
Cross hospital in Columbus. Sc
Ralph and six State House reporters
visited Daugherty's room at the hos.
pital for full dress news confer,
] ence to bring the sick man up tc
! date on latest happenings at the
1 capitol.
Comes to our desk an attractive
brochure "Wee Ones Record" ar
ranged and published by Rev. Geo
C. Agin of Jackson, Mich, a formel
Blufftonite and son of the late VIM
P. Agin, who operated a poultr,
business here for many years. Rev
Agin, pastor-evangelist, is minister
of North Street Bible church il
Jackson. The booklet, copyrighted
contains children's poems and ais,
provides for a record of interestin,
and important events in the frs
years of the wee ones life.
Experiments at the Ohio Agri
cultural Experiment Station indicat
that corn cobs in the ration SLOW