The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-08-28


judged, according to perfection
of bloom and coloring, the big
shaggy dahlias were our favor
ties. Seems they're more of a
mans flower with the character
istics of a good-natured puppy
dog as compared with the more
subtle feline characteristics of
the gorgeous glads.
We thought we understood some
one to remark over our shoulder TO
a friend, "Look, that big one looks
like he's laughing at u.s." We think
she was talking about the Harry
,Kannich entry of Mt. Cory which
won a sweepstakes ribbon-the per-
fect-shaped purple dahlia with pure
white edges. The judges, we are
told, remarked that it was "almost
perfect" In our book, it was!
= y =
WHILE THE DROUGHT probably
reduced entries in the vegetable divi-
sion, we visited there especially to
view the magnificent purple coco
pole string beans we had heard so
much about from the garden of A. B.
Murray. When these mysterious
beans are cooked, we are told, they
turn green like ordinary beans. eve
wonder how they taste.)
Sid Settlers, jumbo beans which
look as if two or three would make
a serving, did not fare as well in
the judges eyes, we noted,' al some
smaller-perhaps more tender-varie-
ties exhibited by Edgar Bixel.
THE BEST SPUDS prize went
to that able agronomist and
educator, A. B., but did you note
someone's handiwork on the back
Of . Murray's tag? TOO much
polish and elbow grease" m
one wrote. We assume that the
school superintendent must have
overdressed his entry at least in
the eyes of some passing Judge.
But why not, as precious as local
spuds are this season?
Connie and Nancy Patterson's egg
plant baseball player was clever
with long schnozzola and popcorn
eyes, land DR.. B. w. Travis peaches
looked so tempting we might have
flched a sample if we had been alone
with the display. Leander Flick also
showed some fine peach specimens
which seem to reflect the bumper
crop in the offing hereabouts. Those
squash specimen of Kermit Herr's
were beauties to behold and un-
doubtedly took some nursing through
the hot summer.
MEMBERS OF THE NEWS
STAFF, most of whom just last week
took in the Allen County Fair, shined
up family buses including the
Badertscher station wagon and roll
ed down to the capitol city last Sun.
day for Press Day at the State Fair
They were among 5000 Ohio news.
paper employees and their families
there to look over the displays. The
weather was perfect and temperature
about what it should be for a FAN
day, but Fred Gettles estimates the
mercury was a good 10 degrees
higher in the throngs that pushed
about the grounds.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT and
undoubtedly enjoying themselves al
the Fair are Sammy Diller and
Thorn Lauriat, Button high band
boys who are playing with the big
all-state band all this week at the
Columbus grounds. Sam is probably
the life of the party, and some
Blufftonites swore they could pick out
| Sans hot flute and Thorn's clarinet
on the radio program Monday norm
ing. The program, incidentally, was
announced by John Hartzler, former
Blufftonite now principal of Ashland
high school. Hartzler has the job
of looking after the youngsters to
see they are properly "feded and
beded."
AUNT ADDIE GRADER, baby
| sitter e~xtraordinare to a number OF
appreciative Button families, was
surprised on her 10th birthday an
! niversary when a number of hel
adopted" children and their parents
held a pot-luck picnic supper in her
honor in her own back yard. Mrs
Graber is a favorite of many of the
community's small fry because of hei
reading and storytelling when they
are in her charge. Among those
present were Miss Kathryn GRADER,
Nh. and Mrs. N. M. Heistand, Orange
Twp; Mr.. and Mrs. Madison Lloyd
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Roy and family,
Mrs. Joe Lloyd and Jimmy, Van
Buren,; Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Adams,
Miss Glada Adams, Findlay; Mr.. and
Mrs. Kimmel Marshall and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Badertscher and
family, Rev. and Mrs. ]. Paul Clark,
DR.. and Mrs. F. ID. Rodabaugh and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley E.
Basinger and daughter, DR.. and Mrs.