The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-07-09
Mainly Personal

WE IMAGINE there were few per-
sons within hearing distance of the
new Town Hall Tower chimes Sunday
evening at 8 o'clock, who did not
pause for a moment to listen to the
mellow bells softly peal out "The End
of Perfect Day." and if they did
stop and listen, we are willing to
bet that there were few who did not
feel little shivver go up their spine.
Many were probably enough i'm
pressed to feel the need of a mo-
ment's prayer of thankfulness for the
perfect day that was drawing to an
end, and so it is that the chime
music which seems momentarily to
float out of nowhere or everywhere
gives one a sense of comfort and
well-being a feeling OF
belonging to a happy, wholesome
community, perhaps little set apart
from many others.
Bluffton has right to be proud
of its Town Hall Tower chimes,
dedicated on Saturday as a pre-
lude to the community's histor-
ical parade. They are something
which will be pointed to often as
a distinguishing mark of the
community and out-of-town visit
ors to BInffton will talk about
them in many places.
Perhaps we were a little over-en-
thusiastic, but we sensed Sunday
evening that for moment while the
chimes were playing, the rapid flow
of traffic along the Dixie seemed to
slow down and motorists leaned
closer to their windows to pick up
the strains of the chime refrain.
1t may not be too early to be-
gin thinking of an appropriate
legend for a sign that could be
placed at the outer edges of the
community announcing the times
of the chime music. If they are
impressive to Blufft0nites, why
not permit others to enjoy the
experience of music that comes
over the air.
MAINLY PERSONAL extends a
community vote of thanks to Vern
Walker, who conceived the idea and
then was willing to stick his neck
out with the assurance that the sys-
tenn would work to everyone's sat-
isfaction. And big Bluffton "Thank-
You" to the Business Mems Asso-
citation, R. L. Triplett, Steinman Bros.
Lumber Co., Marshall & Bixel and
Vyrl Neeper and all others who saw
the project through by contributions
of money, materials and time.
THE WHOLE FOURTH OF
JULY celebration was an i'm
pressive event here unequalled,
we believe, by the usual type of
festivities of the day. Bluffton
residents will want to re-hve the
Fourth i'm gatherings of the fu
ture, and it can be done by Sc
curing the 3OO-foot color film of
the parade and rodeo shot again
by vern Walker and commits
stoned by the Bluffton Saddle
Horse Club.
The Saddle Horse Club will make
it available for projection at organ /
ization functions of the future.
Incidentally among little-known
facts about the parade entries, the !
silk topper worn by Wilhelm Am
stutz, costumed as an early settler,
was won in an election bet when
Grover Cleveland ran for the presi- |
aency inside the Trip
lett Electrical Instrument Co. Float,
the mechanism used for fluctuating |
the instrument needle showing the |
of the firm from five to
$50 employees since 1904 was Ropp |
who probably drew the hot
test assignment of the day
and at the rodeo at Harmon field the |
Allen County First Aid trailer, under |
the supervision of Fred Slower, had
a busy evening treating at least IL |
persons for slight injuries ranging |
from cuts to bruises. No bones were
broken, fortunately. The trailer is
furnished through the courtesy of |
the Lima Telephone company.
A FAMILY REUNION dinner
last Sunday, brought about the
first meeting in some so years be-