The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-03-29
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March making its exit and over
the week end comes April-month of
sunshine and fowers-fckle, change
able, coy and unpredictable-petite,
blonde and blue-eyed, she should be
ushered in appropriately enough by
All Fools day--the jester of the
twelve months with cap and bells -.
and hardy perennials leafing out to
welcome spring :. and wildfowers
poking their heads through the
winters coverlet of leaves-soon
spring beauties will be covering the
woodlands . fitting pageant
heralding the coming of the time
when fishing tackle is overhauled-I
and lawnmowers, too-and house
cleaning-freshing up things with a
can of paint and early garden
ing-and auto shops busy bunting
out last winters fender dents E.
and remember you'll be walking Sun
day morning unless you have a new
tag for the chevvy-better do it
now.
Rev. Ralph Uth, Bluffton college
senior who is an accomplished musi-
clan, has violin nearly 200 years
old, made by one of the old German
masters.
The priceless possession, which he
uses for concerts, was made in
Germany away back in 1854 by
Andreas Kempter. Uth's violin is
one of the few made by Kempter
still in existence today, and has an
interesting history.
In addition to attending college
here, Rev. Uth is pastor at Hoytville
Methodist church.
Bluffton's heavy snowfall of the
winter was something entirely new
for Zacchias Owolabi, student at
Bluffton college since last fall. Owola-
bi lives on the equator in Nigeria,
West Africa, and until he came here
to school he had never seen snow.
Writing home after witnessing the
first snowfall, Owolabi found it al
most impossible to describe the
white blanket, knowing relatives and
friends would have no conception of
what he was talking about.
Incidentally Easter last Sunday
was earlier than it has been for
many a moon. The date was within
two days of being the earliest pos
sible Easter holiday, and it will be
2052, A. D., before it comes so early
again.
Bad news for those who have
occasion to send small amounts of
money thru the mail was announce
ment this week that the post office
department will discontinue the sale
of postal notes after March 81.
Postal notes have been sold since
1945, but national postal officials
said they never have been widely
used and dropping the service will
help simplify bookkeeping. Regular
postal money orders will not be af-
fected
Are Bluffton motorists superstiti-
ous-not a bit-they say over at
Dave Reichenbach's where the new
tags are handed out, no one bats an
eve at a combination of 13's-some
of the boys are fussy and want
particular numbers-but the hoodoo
numbers of a generation ago are
nowadays just auto tags to most
, drivers.
This column celebrates this week
! it's tenth birthday-we're well past
the stage of swaddling clothes and
getting ready to blossom out with
the juniors and subdebs fact is
we're beginning to- feel quite grown
up-however, We'll never become too
old to retain the viewpoint of youth.
And so, with best wishes to all who
may peruse these notes, we start an
other year of recording some of the
bits of sunshine and shadow which
go to make up the daily life of
Bluffton.
Bluffton acquaintances joined other
friends from all parts of the
country last Friday in wishing DR..
Helen F. Barnes, of Findlay, a
happy birthday on her 87th an
niversary. A former resident, DR..
Barnes is well known here.
Attractive, handmade Easter bas-