The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-09-04

you'll read of Blufftonltes travel
ing in Switzerland . of young
Al and FLA members winning
laurels at the county fair $3.50
Bluffton College grad writes
stories for children and good
enough to print. Even the little
personal paragraphs are a key to
the character of Button.
And there's important news i'm
the advertising columns. The
community's merchants are pro-
gressive and from the represen-
tation in the advertising columns
a body can get just about any
of its needs within the area of
a few blocks. Prices are right,
too-compare 'em.
Yes, the contents of each issue of
the News bears out it's masthead
statement "a good place to live
|. . a good place to trade"
THE OBSERVATIONS least a
few of them-of a third party to
the News sale, an outsider who made
a survey of the community, might
be of interest to Blufftonites, also:
"The village has nine active
churches. Bluffton is definitely a
church town. Folks go to church,
much of the social life centers about
the churches . yet it is not a nar-
row place. Incidentally, it was the
! Presbyterian Church at Bluffton
which introduced the idea of the
Return of the Talents The News
ad man (Gene Benroth) thought up
the idea.
"a large majority of the farm
ers about Bluffton are Swiss
Mennonites. They have sizable
churches, and on Sunday every
churchyard is filled and the roads
are lined for a hundred yards
both ways with cars. Mostly
autos of less than two years old
-Fords, Chevrolets, Bucks, Ply
mouths, Dodges. Larger cars are
considered fiashy.
zone of the best things about
Button is its college. Button Col
lege is a church-related school found
ed and supported largely by the Men
nonites. 1t is co-educational, has
$50 enrolment. The buildings are
good, some are fairly new. The
newests in fact, is the 100000 gym
just completed which is rated as the
best south of Toledo.
"Bluffton has a good bank. It's
December 81, 1851 statement showed
total assets of $3,5O3, 491. SO. 1t is
not hide-bound, ultra conservative
institution for its loans and dis
counts came to $1,216,966.97.
"Bluffton has a payroll going
to between $50 and 600 persons
the year around. The chief in
dustries are the Triplett Electro
cal Instrument Co., Page Dairy
Co., Boss Manufacturing Co.,
WoOdcock Generating Plant, the
Village Light and Water Plant,
Bluffton College, Brikcrete
Company, Button Slaw Cutter
Co., and Bluffton Stone Co.
"There are also 81 retail outlets
in addition to professional man.
"Bluffton has local option. Only
3.2 beer is sold. 1t is definitely not
a community where the citizenry
squanders its substance on alcohol"
These are a few general state
ments that may be old stuff to
Bluffton residents, but interesting in
that they are the viewpoints of an
impartial observer.
SOME OTHER CHARACTER
ISTICS definitely Button that
could not be observed in a week
end survey: The sensible and
practical custom of bicycle trans
portation among all ages as well
as children. Adults on bicycles
gives Button a somewhat "old-
world" color, certainly not affect
ed, but simply a matter of prac-
teal expediency the large
group of people who go from
here as missionaries to all parts
of the world the keen inter-
w. nCf IF nonct InISysAp ~
school and municipal affairs
the Saturday night comradery on
every husY street corner the