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PAGE EIGHT c/tuitin We know the silver and crystal will shine, the turkey taste tops, the friends and family gathered around beam just with the joy of being together again. But wouldn’t the feast take oo even greater meaning if flowers glowed in the cegter of the table? Stop and see our magnificent Thanksgiving flowers. Whether you prefer them in a table arrangement, bouquet, corsage, we'll take pride in filling your order promptly. Basinger Florist 109 Grove St. BLUFFTON PANDORA Phone 404-W Phone 129-A For Better Building Purposes use BRIKCRETE and DUNBRIK In wide variety of Fast Colors CONCRETE DRAIN TILE In 4-5-6-8-Inch Sizes Tests have proven the worth of Concrete Drain Tile— let us prove it. BLUFFTON CEMENT BLOCK CO. Phone 213-W or 365-W Highest Market Price for Poultry and Eggs Country Route Service—a phone call brings our truck to your door. Charles Kinsinger PHONE 492-W Lawn & Elm Streets Bluffton, Ohio (^tnnouncin^! “cAuStin o[CnglanJ' See the New, xi. Beautiful, Economical COATS MOTOR SALES I It’S Compact and Comfortable “The nicest little car you've ever seen!" IMMEDIATE DELIVERY CORNER OF VINE & ST. JOHNS LIMA, OHIO PHONE 37271 Also Many Fine Automobiles REO SALES AND SERVICE Mainly NUSCtlPnONl TUB iu I I ingredients your doctor ontort, of course but ch* to to with eonfideoeo. Sidney’s Drug Shop Preocrlntioii Pharmacy THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO Thanksgiving—it’s an American institution—as American as apple pie and hot dogs—it has a flavor all its own and the rest of the world doesn’t understand it—just as the rest of the world is mystified by all the whing-dings of our po litical campaigns that look like a red-hot feudin’ and shootin’ affair! Luke Myers, oldtime fiddlers who the day before election and are gone! were known far and wide as the and forgotten the day after I hot musicmakers of those days and Thanksgiving always has been some-| five floor managers circulated thru thing distinctive and different evferl the crowd of dancers to see that since the old Pilgrim fathers should-1 things kept running smoothly—they ered whatever they used for Win-1 were Hi Waltz, W. H. Rockwell, A. chesters and started America’s first I J. Young, John Bentley and Dave hunting season we’ve gone al Franks. long way since that time—perhaps I A most pretentious occasion it receiving more than we deserve... I was—not were all of Bluffton’s top we can’t help but feel there’s some-1 flight socialites there, but they came thing of irony in a situation when I from neighboring towns by horse we must make the weighty decision I an^ buggy. The committee on invi whether it will be turkey or chicken, I tations included Jacob Fleck of or perhaps ham for Thanksgiving! Findlay Leroy Woods, Rawson dinner when most of the world would! John Bentley, Ada Harry Boyer, be grateful for a crust of bread ... I Columbus Grove Leonard Ward, anyway, better be thankful you’re I Beaverdam Wes Reader, Cairo, and living in a land likte this—and re-1 Sam Foltz, Ottawa. member that a lot of liberties which I Dancing started early and con we forget to be thankful for would I tinned until late—24 numbers there be esteemed as priceless by other I were, with an intermission midway peoples who don’t have them I for supper at Bluffton’s nearby Na and congratulations to the Howard I tional hotel. Dances for the evening Stagers who will celebrate their I included quadrille, shottische, var silver wedding anniversary next I souvienne, opera reel, mazurka, fire week on Wednesday their home onlman’s dance, monnie musk and polka, the banks of the Riley on Cemetery! road is one of Bluffton’s picturesque! Cramer’s hall, scene of the affair spots football season bowing I was early Bluffton’s operff house out with college and high school I transformed into a ballroom simply squads guests at a dinner in the I by stacking the benches on the high school gym, Tuesday night—a I stage and around the walls. No big crowd there to wish the boys I doping floor in playhouses in those best of luck winter recreation I days the benches were of graduat and sports under way with basket-1 heights, each row being higher ball teams swinging into action and I than the one in front. The back amateurs getting a lot of fun out I rows were so high off the floor that of the community recreation pro-1 it required considerable agility to gram and Christmas shopping I climb up to the seats, started with retail shops featuring! gift suggestions and displays I C. J. Willard, Professor of all of which is a pointed reminder I Agronomy at Ohio State University, that it’s time to start that early I reports that the annual British and Christmas shopping we’ve been plan-1 Wales wheat yield wall average ning—fact is, one of our New Year’s I slightly over one ton per acre, while resolutions was to do Christmas I the Ohio yield will average 1250 shopping early. [pounds. Oats in Britain and Wales will average 1800 pounds in yield per Another deer—or was it the same I acre, while in Ohio it will be around one that was sighted a couple of 11120 pounds. However, he said no weeks ago near Mt. Blanchard?— I British crop will provide as many was sighted by Elam Suter on his I total digestible nutrients per acre of farm north of Pandora. Only this I farm crop for livestock feeding as time it was not one, but two deer I an average Ohio farm’s corn crop. I which he saw scampering across an I alfalfa woods. field and disappear into the And speaking of hunting—Post-1 master Ed Reichenbach almost lost I a pheasant dinner last week when I the bird which he threw in the I trunk of his car, presumably dead, I I was merely stunned and was found I I to be very much alive when the I I trunk was opened after arriving I I back in town. With the help of I I Rural Mail Carrier Wood row Little, I I Postmaster Ed managed to subdue I I the bird, albeit suffering casualties I I to the extent of a number of deep I scratches. I I A family reunion at Mrs. B. D.l I Smucker’s, South Lawn avenue, this I Wednesday night when all of her I four sons will be home for the first! time since before the war. Present I will be Orden, instructor at Michi-1 gan State college, East Lansing, I together with his wife and family I Carl, Bluffton college instructor,! wife and family Don, instructor ini a Chicago Theological seminary,! with wife and family and Bert, re-1 cently returned from two and a half! I years of relief work in Europe. I I I She’s an accomplished ballet dan cer, that chic Bluffton college fresh man co-ed, Diana Dias, a native Porto Rican who later lived in New York. It was at the latter place that she studied ballet dancing at Carnegie hall with some of the city’s top flight instructors. She appeared in several numbers last Saturday on a program at the Lima Y. W. C. A. Diana was attracted to Bluff- ton college by her brother who was a student here last year. And speaking of Thanksgiving, it was a grand affair, that gala Thanksgiving ball they had in Bluff ton 71 years ago, as disclosed by a program yellowed with age which came to our desk the other day. The date was Thursday evening, November 29, 1877 and the place was Cramer’s hall on the second floor of what is now the glove fac tory building on North Main street. Music was furnished by Ed and ANN PAGE TEMPTING GREEN GIANT PEAS..... COBN AT ITS BEST DEL MAIZ NIDLETS...... TAXI.OB I1KB rUAVOB SWEET POTATOES....... EOB AN APPBTIEBB IONA TOMATO JUICE ... AMSOBTED SXAVOBS—ANN FAGB SPARKLE GELATIN....... LABBSIDB SHglX OYSTER CRACKERS..... CONVBNIENT riLI^BCBY NOT ROLL MIX .............. NABISCO COOKIBS OREO SANDWICH...... ANN PAGB CBEAMT SMOOTH SALAD DRESSING......... CALIFORNIA T1XAS IKBOLKSS GRAPEFRUIT LARQI WALNUTS OR MIXED NUTS Notice As executrix of the estate of the late Dr. M. R. Bixel, it is my duty to collect all accounts which were un paid at the time of his death. All persons knowing themselves to have been indebted to Dr. Bixel at the time of his death are urgently re quested to call at my residence at 118 E. Cherry street and pay the same without further delay. Hallie M.‘ Bixel Executrix of the Estate of Dr. M. R. Bixel, deceased. RUST D/RT SIUDGT SCAU CRCASC Clean It Out TheBrirfl^Way Brady cleaning method Bixel Motor Sales Bluffton. Ohio COME TO A&P FOR Thanksgiving FOOD SUPPLIES At Value-Giving Prices! When it comes to making a little wampum go a long way, the Pilgrim Fathere had nothing on your thrifty AAP! Honoot Injun, you won’t mo GROCERIES more low priooo any where ... or a more eoloeMi collection of feetlvo food* for Thanksgiving! A&FSFAMOUS CANNED PUMPKIN STUFFED OLIVES...... SWEET TENDEB 10c I NO. 2J4 CAN 41c 20c 2 3Te No. 3 .... s«u ID* 29* 2T%-o«. Pko- 29e .... pk». I8« .... »kg. CRANBERRIES PASCAL CELERY 2 lgl stalks 35s RED EMPEROR CALIFORNIA GRAPES 2- 33c CARROTS 2 FLORIDA JUICE LARGE WHITK HEADS Ocean Spray CRANBERRY SAUCE 2 37c Fine, Medium or Broad ENCORE NOODLES w 27c Tatty A&F MINCE MEAT pm- Silver River Crushed PINEAPPLE I-LB. BAG ORANGES 8- -39c CAULIFLOWER —29c 10 w 4* 5 For Sale Modern Home in Bluffton Single or duplex, 2 bath, automatic heat and hot water. Double garage, large lot, attractive location. An outstanding value. For appointment call Bluffton phone 166-R. FARMERS PRODUCE Bluffton, Ohio Offers Friendly Service Buyers of Cream, Eggs and Poultry ROUTE SERVICE CLAYTON HARKNESS, Mgr. 322 N. Main Street Bluffton Phone 284-W MR. FARMER: See Us for Custom Slaughtering Summer or Winter Here is a convenient and economical service for those who have home freezers or lockers. AH slaughtering done in our city inspected quart ers—everything prepared ready for freezing. Ask us about this service which is available to you at any time in the year at a worthwhile saving. A to Z Meat Market & Locker Service 127 N. Main Street Phone 276-W PHILADELPHIA 15c 29C No. 8 ean Sulfone FRUIT COCKTAIL CREAM CHEESE.... THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 194g CBEB-O-BIT 79c PKG. ECONOMICAL MAMGABINB SUREGOOD ............ BENCH CUBED CHEDDAR CHEESE FRUITCAKE Oree 70% Emit Nuts! Ugh I TKANKM1TXNO TURKEY CAKE ,...... DBLICIOVS. TEMPTING. fiElCT PUMPKIN PIES 25c Na. 1 can SPECIAL FOB THE HOLIDAYS! STUFFING BREAD V. A&P'a 19c .... 2Tc n. 67c JS IBc ii a? $ web 99c •scb 47c %l6c I AAP BEVERAGES That Will Bring Parfiction to THANKSGIVING MEALS IONA BICK S COCOA...... A.......39c OCB OWN TEA BA6S ...L. whS4Ic Fomowa Brands COFFEE EIGHT O'CLOCK ... ». 40c RED CIRCLE ...I... 43c BOKAR............ ........ 45c FOODOSTORE