The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-15
Mainly Personal


of a mind.
Mayor Howe enjoys the class
especially and at times is moved to
pass on some of the suggestions to
the city fathers-but right now they
Ihave their hands full with sewer
easements and are not ready to start
putting the town straight with the
rest of the world"
WHILE ON THE SUBJECT of
town improvements, there has
been little news this winter on
progress by the swimming pool
planners. We understand that
the committee has been quiet with
good cause . . and not because
the project has been forgotten.
Perhaps come better weather
plans will begin to move rapidly
again,
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AND WHO WOULD WANT A
NICER DAY in January than Button
enjoyed on Monday in contrast to the
rain, sleet and slush of the past week.
Only happy people in town last week
were the shoemen who have been
worrying about accumulated heavy
stocks of rubber footwear. They
point out Bluffton didn't have its
share of sloppy weather until last
week.
Funny thing about golashes and
overshoes . . . no one wants to bother
with them at anytime let alone lay
ing out cash for their purchase be-
fore they're actually needed. The
result is merchants can't give 'em
away until customers socks start to
get soggy.
NOTE TO THE MEMS GARD
EN- CLUB-Our neighbor, Lester
N~iswander, reports having found
an edible radish in his garden plot
the day before the New Year
began. Real tasty, too, not frozen
or woody! 1t was served with
proper ceremony on the family
table New Years Day along with
roasting ears from his garden
via the home freezer, however.
PUERTO RICO, it seems, is seeing
its share of Blufftonites. Maurice
Triplett has been down there on bust
ness for the Triplett Co. for some time
now, and DR.. and Mrs. F. D. Roda-
baugh are leaving Sunday for two
weeks under the palm trees for a
visit with DR.. and Mrs. John A. Smith
on the island. DR.. Smith, a former
classmate of DR.. R~odabaugh's, is the
new directorof the Ryder Memorial
Mission hospital in Humacao.
FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION
to our desk this week comes a
beautifully illustrated booklet titled
"Bountiful North Dakota" The states
name, itself, is enough to make us
shiver this time of year, but looking
inside the book one gets a new i'm
preston of this northern prairie state
thanks to Waldo E. Lugabill, who is
now calling Hope, N. d., home, and
who sent us the brochure.
Illustrated in natural color photos,
the booklet glimpses the states
golden sea of life-giving grain, it's
$57,270,000 flax crop and the azure
blue waters of its irrigation and water
development program.
An appeal to the vacationist and
sportsman is not overlooked. Numer-
our photos show skies filled with wild
game, deer grazing in the snow and
great fiocks of pheasants. "The state
is a lavish host to an estimated
10000, 900 migratory wild fowl every
spring and fall" the booklet states,
and even sportsmen from Canada find
it a hunting paradise.
We must confess North Dakota
looks attractive in color.
FROM M. M. "DODE" MURRAY
this week comes clippings from the
st. Petersburg Times with headlines
stating that Republicans are taking
over top county posts and photos of
the ceremony. If Dode isn't going to
be able to make it to the Inauguration
in Washington, at least he is able to
do a little local gloating even in the
deepest south.
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