The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-11-30

Lashed over the weekend by one of
the worst November snowstorms in
history, the Bluffton area is slowly
recovering from snowbound condi-
tions which for two days virtually
isolated the town and paralyzed local
automobile travel.
In a driving blizzard striking Sat
urday noon on the heels of pro-
tracted zero cold wave, King Winter
made his debut memorable one by
breaking all modern records for low
November temperatures and depth of
snow.
When area residents awoke Sunday
morning they found everything blan-
keted with a snowfall of about 10
Regular garbage and trash
A4cellection service will be suspend
"a until after the present emer-
gency which requires all avail
able labor of the towns street
department to keep roads and
streets open, it was announced
by Mayor w. A. Howe.
inches, and in the country districts
north-south roads were buried under
fence-high drifts.
Slow Recovery
At mid-week snow-choked streets
continued to make automobile traffic
hazardous and uncertain, altho the
downtown area finally had been clear
ed of four-foot mountains along each
curb after four days of back-breaking
labor in moving tons of snow.
In the rural area, township roads
for the most part remain impossible,
altho all county roads and state high
ways have been opened. State high
way patrolmen on Wednesday, how
ever still We're warning motorists to
stay at home unless their trips were
of emergency nature.
Termed by weather observers as
the worst snow storm in nearly four
decades, the assault of winter last
Saturday broke all existing November
weather bureau records.
Traffic Paralyzed
In the wake of the blizzard Sunday
morning, only few hardy motorists
ventured onto the streets and high
ways and most Of them Immediately
"hung-u in the deep covering of
snow.
Churches for the most part sus-
pended Sunday morning services;
inter-city buses were not running;
long distance telephone calls were
restricted to emergencies and the
town found itself almost completely
cut off from the outside world.
Sunday morning papers failed to
arrive, and there was none of the
customary leisurely reading of the
news until Sunday night when few
papers finally got into town.
Schools Close
With school buses unable to pene-
trate the snow-bound rural area,
Bluffton public schools were closed
on Monday, with classes eventually
resumed on Tuesday morning.
The blizzard also interrupted nor
NAL classroom schedule at Bluffton
college, for it struck with most stu
dents home for the Thanksgiving
holidays, and college classes did not
resume their work until Wednesday
morning.
Buttons major industries, how
ever, operated on their usual sched-
ules Monday. With film deliveries
interrupted, the towns Carma theatre
was storm casualty, and the motion
picture house was closed until Wed
nesday night.
Concert Postponed
A Monday evening piano concer1
on the Bluffton college music concer
series was postponed until latel
date, as another aftermath of tn,
storm.
Zero weather which gripped tn,
area Friday and Saturday moderate.
in the wake of the blizzard, alth,
temperatures remained in the TWEEN
ties or lower except for brief perio,
Sunday night when they rose to tn