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TUESDAY, DEC. 31, 1946
Happy New Year and remem
ber beginning Wednesday morning
to wTite it 1947—bet you’ll forget
anyway everyone’s a bit vague
at this time of the year maybe
it’s flu
a letdowm—or a hangover
w’as a white Christmas—of sorts—
yes, we know wTe stuck our neck out
on that one, but anyway there was
some snow and we’ll give w’hite
Christmas the benefit of the doubt
and if the snow was a bit grim
with soot, there w’as at least the
cheering thot that for the first time
since before the war w’e got all the
Lux w’e wanted—surprising where
all that washing pow’der came from
after all these months of waiting—
almost made us feel like celebrating
New Year’s by scrubbing up around
the house and speaking of New
Year’s w’e’re behind the eight-ball
again on New’ Year’s resolutions—to
resolve or not to resolve—that’s the
question—whether ’tis better to re
solve and finally go down battling
against overwhelming odds or just
forget the whole thing and save a
lot of headaches—well we haven’t
decided but one cynic wisecracked
the other day and suggested that
New’ Year’s resolutions should be
marked “fragile” and then,
there’s another idea that might be
helpful, if you’re too busy to make
resolutions this year you could look
up those of last year and perhaps
there will be enough to be done in
carrying them out that it won’t be
necessary to make any new ones ...
and so we bow out 1946 and wish
you a lot of the best of everything
in the coming year.
but more probably it’s just
and it
Congratulations to Postmaster Ed
Reichenbach and his postoffice staff
who handled Bluffton’s biggest vol
ume of holiday mail smoothly and ef
ficiently. It was a job well done.
With the holidays past comes the
beginning of annual January head
aches tax bills from the county
auditor will be in the mails shortly
and then there’s dog license tags
to be bought before the 20th or off
will go Rover to the dog pound
and it’s none too early to begin prep
arations for that annual get-together
you will have with Uncle Sam on the
matter of income tax adjustment on
March 15.
Christmas trees resplendent with
all the colors of the rainbow’ are
nothing new’ to Bluffton people, es
pecially since the end of the war per
mitted return of gaily colored decor
ations—but to Anetta DeGraaf,
Dutch girl who is a student in Bluff
ton college, it was a novel sight. In
Holland, she explained, all decora
tions on the tree are w’hite. However,
now, she says, she likes the Ameri
can custom of vari-colored decora*
tions.
You’ve heard of Iowa, where the
tall corn grows—well, that goes also
for Nodaway county, in northwestern
Missouri adjoining Iowra. Frank Fen
ton, former Blufftonite of Clearmont,
Mo., sends us a newspaper clipping
stating that Harold Gray of Noda
w’ay county is the corn raising
champion of that district. He is listed
in a national contest as growing
129.14 bushels of corn to the acre on
a five acre plot, w’hich is a lot of
for the corn belt. The corn
good,
corn, even
crop thruout
Fenton says.
that district
the hospital
Nurses at
here are
happened
still chuckling over what
late the other night when a state
highway patrol car pulled up at the
curb and a trooper briskly strode up
the steps into the hospital. Word of
what occurred spread to the down
town district and rumors had it that
two bandits in a stolen car were in
volved in an accident and had been
taken to the hospital and the high
way patrol was here to make arrests.
Telephone calls to the hospital
brought non-committal answers—no,
there had been no accident cases
CfTl*
Let the Bells
Ring Out the Old
Ring In the New!
We Wish You the Best of
Health and Happiness in
the New Year
Alspach Drycleaners i
i 110 Vine St.
brought in, said the calm-voiced
nurse at the desk. “Why was the
state patrolman at the hospital?”
was the next query. “Well” came the
reply with just a trace amusement
“he might have been here for other
reasons,” which left the mystery still
unsolved. However, it was cleared up
the following morning with the an
nouncement that a son had been born
at the hospital that night to Patrol
man and Mrs. Charles J. Ellis of Li
ma. And just to complete the record,
we will add that on the following
night another son was bom at the
hospital here to Patrolman and Mrs.
F. R. Blackstone, also of Lima.
Added to the list of 50 year sub
scribers to the Bluffton News are
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hochstettler who
have been readers of the News ever
since they were married in 1895. Mrs.
Hochstettler is the former Amanda
Balmer. For 49 years the couple
lived on the farm southwest of
Bluffton where they started house
keeping after which they moved to
town. Congratulations on a half-cen
tury of News readership.
And there’s Horace Stratton who
is in his 56th year as a Bluffton
News subscriber. He began taking
the News the same year he built a
log cabin on his present farm south
of Bluffton. Christmas, that year, he
recalls was a warm-springlike day
and window’s and doors were wide
open with no need of a log fire for
heating.
And J. J. Smith, northwest of Mt.
Cory has been a subscriber since 1910
to the Ohio Farmer, one of the old
standbys in farm publications of the
Middlewest.
Altho he is not a Bluffton native,
Dean S. Knight of Sheridan, Ill.,
says he enjoys reading the Bluffton
News, which is thes home-town paper
of his wife. Mrs. Knight is a daugh
ter of Aaron Geiger of South Main
street. The News has been going to
the Knight home for a number ef
years. Crops in Illinois this year were
good and weather favorable to har
vest, he writes in renewing the sub
scription.
That Bluffton still figures promin
ently in the memory of Rev. A. K.
Beisheim, former pastor of the St.
John’s Reformed church, is demon
strated by a letter and newspaper
clipping received from him this
week.
In the letter, Rev. Beisheim re
fers to an all-but-forgotten phenom
enon of about a decade ago when
Bluffton folks wrere astounded to hear
a drain pipe at the town hall per
fectly reproducing a radio broadcast
one cold winter night.
The newspaper clipping refers to
recent experiments at Johns Hopkins
university stemming from an acci
dental discovery that a tiny strip
of frozen metal, without power
source, tubes or antenna, will pro
vide excellent radio reception.
Experiments at the station have
disclosed that by mechanical means
different stations may be “tuned-in”
on the unique receiver. Experiment
ers say reception is as good or bet
ter than that of the ordinary house
hold radio.
Rev. Beisheim now is pastor of
Zoar Evangelical and Reformed
church in Buffalo where he has been
for a number of years.
Rockpor
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Campbell spent
Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs.
Don Long near Delphos.
CORDIAL GOOD WISHES
TO ALL OUR FRIENDS
AND MANY THANKS
for your patronage the past season. We
trust that we may continue to serve you
in the years to come...................
The Presbyterian Missionary Sc
ciety will gather for a tureen din
ner in the home of Mrs. Walter
Cupp, January 8 with the annual
business meeting and election of of
ficers at 11 o’clock. The afternoon
program will be, Devotions, “Each
Passing Day”, Mrs. J. O. Cupp
Study book, “India”, Mrs. Glen
Huber and Mrs. Herbert Marshall
Year book of
Mayberry.
prayer, Mrs. Glen
F. C. Marshall and
Miss Madeline Bixel
Mr. and Mrs.
son Robert and
were among those who attended the
50th anniversary banquet of the
Pandora Dry Goods and Clothing
Company honoring
macher and other
orchestra composed
musicians: Oliver
Findlay, Mrs. F.
Robert Marshall of this place and
Miss Alice Jean Bixel of Bluffton,
furnished music for the evening.
Mr. Noah Schu
employees. An
of the following
Schumacher of
C. Marshall and
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Beutner of
Sylvania w’ere week end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stoodt.
Mr. Swami and Mr. Jain, two stu
dents from India, w’ho
Ohio State University,
their vacation in the
and Mrs. Edgar Begg.
are attending
are spending
home of Mr.
son Richard
Mrs. Walter Cupp,
Marjorie and Mr. and
Aiderman and son
w’ere Christmas Day
family dinner in the
and Mrs. Aaron Hilty
and daughter
Mrs. Roscoe
James Alan
guests at a
home of Mr.
of Pandora.
Mr. and Mrs. Lysle Cahill and
daughter Lynne, Mrs. Ethel Magee
and Miss Mae Steinman all of Cleve
land, Mrs. Eli Hartman, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Cahill and Mr. and Mrs.
Orlo Marshall enjoyed a Christmas
eve party with Mr. and Mrs. Allen
McClure and daughter Donna Mae
in Bluffton.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Begg enter-
Greetings for 1947
Bluffton, Ohio
and
and
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnett
son David were dinner guests of
and Mrs. Paul Barnett and daughter
near Waterville, Christmas Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Huber and
family and Mrs. Mary Sylvester
were Christmas Day guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
vester and family in Ft. Wayne,
Ind.
and
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hilty
daughter Margaret, Oliver Davidson
of Pandora, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. B.
Longsdorf and Mrs. Nannie Keel and
daughter Mildred of Bluffton and
Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Marshall and
granddaughter Lynne Cahill were
entertained at dinner Saturday even
ing in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.
D. Steiner in Pandora.
tained a group of young people
from the Presbyterian church and
their friends at a party in their
home last Saturday evening. Those
present included: Roger Mayberry,
Helen Kidd, Franklin Mayberry,
Patricia Seeley of Columbus Grove,
John Marshall, Avis Hofferbert of
Vaugnsville, Rebecca Marshall, Don
Marshall, Gracie Beemer, Jeanette
Huber, Richard and Marjorie Cupp,
P. B. Swami and S. J. Jain
Rev
Bluffton.
formed the
and Mr.
group with
India,
and Mrs. E. N. Bigelow’ of
Games of various kinds
diversion of the evening
Swami entertained the
i some Indian records.
Mrs. Roscoe Aiderman
Mr. and
and baby James and Mrs. Walter
Cupp, son Richard and daughter
Marjorie were Sunday dinner guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Van Meter of Pandora.
Rev. Bigelow went to Kalida Sun
day evening to conduct services in
WALFERMIRES
YOUR FRIENDLY STORE
We’re Pulling For You!
To Our Many Friends and Customers
We Wish the Best of Times, Good Luck
and Smiling Health This 1947
NELSON TILE CO
BEAVERDAM, OHIO
AROUND TOWN
127 N. Main
W*SO
During the Holidays—and Through
out the New Year—We Look For
ward to Serving You. May You Have
A Bright and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
ELSIE’S BEAUTY SHOP
Elsie Buckland
To Our Many Friends
HAPPY NEW YEAR
TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN, AND 1917 IS NO EXCEPTION.
THAT IS WHY WE HASTEN TO SEND OUR NEW YEAR’S
WISHES TO YOU GOOD FOLKS IN OUR TOWN AND ALL
A to Z Meat Market
and LOCKER SERVICE
HOME KILLED MEATS FROZEN FOODS
the Presbyterian church which is
without a pastor at the present time.
He was accompanied on the trip by
J. O. Cupp, Glen Mayberry and
Orlo Marshall who assisted with the
service.
Mr Sva.ni and Mr. Jam, students
at Ohio State University and John
and William Begg w’ere Friday
evening dinner guests of Mrs. Walter
Cupp and family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Begg and Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Begg and sons John
and William and their guests, Mr.
Sw'ami and Mr. Jain were Christmas
eve supper guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Begg and
sons James and Dean.
A family dinner wras held in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gratz
near Bluffton Christmas Day with
the following enjoying the pleasures
of the day together: Mrs. and Mrs.
Ernest Free, Mr. and Mrs. Cloyce
Kidd, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Fruchey,
Qnce more it is our pleasure to extend the
compliments of the season and express
our hope that the New Year will bring to
you and yours the abundance of good things
and good health you richly deserve. And on
this important occasion we wish to thank
you most sincerely for your generous
patronage the past year and we pledge a
continuance of our established quality and
service.
Ed Waitermire, Owner
Bluffton, Ohio
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kidd and
daughter Donna Lee, Mrs. Robert
Gratz of Pandora, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Green of Lima, Dale, Emer
son and Loren Fruchey, Richard and
Russell Gratz, Miss Dorothy Shroed
er, Miss Ruth Ella Krouse, Miss
and wii
pa from
and
py New Year
Mary Shult
3 take thi
friends ar
BLUFFTON BODY SHOP
DON EDIE
AUTO PAINTING BODY BUMPING
(Across from A & Grocery)
Helen Kidd and Miss Martha Fru
chey and the host and hostess Mr.
and Mrs. Gratz. A surprise was
sprung on the guests when the
Christmas eve marriage of Miss
Ruth Free and Mr. Robert Green
was announced.
A HAPPY
NEW YEAR
Frank Neuenschwander
DECORATEOR
212 N. Main Bluffton, Ohio
it our appreciation for the many favors and
ge of friends and patrons during the past year.
YOUR CLOVER FARM STORE
Owned by William Gaiffe and Carl Krichbaum
Vine Street Bluffton, Ohio
TO YOU
Our Friends
and Patrons
We Extend
Our Sincere
We express our thanks for your
patronage and friendship
yous New Year
To Eich and Every Person We Wish
A Happy New Year
'eace and Happiness for You
This Year
I s Beauty Box
Veldean Caris
preciation for their liberal patronage during the past
year and extend to all our best wishes for a
Bluffton Farm Equipment Co.
E. F. Schmidt
Massey-Harris Sales & Service
Elm Street Bluffton, Ohio
Marie Shook
NeuiYeor
Greeting.
opportunity to express to our many
patrons our sincere thanks and ap­