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THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1949 SEE US FOR Phone 155-W 322 N. Main Street Processing for Hoine Freezers Also Beef by Half or Quarter Bridenbaugh's Meat Market 0 N. Main St. 107 S. Main St., Bluffton FARMERS' PRODUCE Bluffton, Ohio Offers Frit ndly Service ers of Bui Cream, Eggs and Poultry ROUTE SERVICE CLAYTON H/tRKNESS, Mgr. Bluffton Phone 284-W take your ^umIum STa, cZMuq by GREYHOUND in warm SuperCoaches I on prompt frequent schedules 1 It doesn’t take a Io of money to cut yourself a big slice of Southern sunsf When you go Greyhov staying home and pa’ cost just a fraction of than any other travel. modations are easier i forget—going Greyhou from all driving strain, Jis you enjoy scenic routes reclining chairs i an |ine right out of winter’s icing! id, the cost is scarcely more than |ng fuel bills. Greyhound fares driving your car much less tis year, hotel and resort accom get, lower in cost. And don't id, you ride fully relaxed, free as chairs efficient heating and ventilation A the finest highway transportation ever offered! Enjoy Savings Like These--BLUFFTON to: Miami $20.35 St. Petersburg $18.65 Los Angeles $44.61 New Orleans $16.60 Jacksonville $15.0.1 San Francisco $42.15 Alburquerque ....... $26.0(1 San Antonio $22.70 San Diego $44,601 Palm Beach --------$19.45 Plus U. S. Tax—Big Ext\a Savings on Round Trips! $20.31 The Itexall| Drug Store 'hounu GUARANTEED STARTING and put your mind at ease All Winter Simon’s Sohio Service Phone Beaverdam 751 Beaverdam, Ohio SOHIO Phone 170-W Mainly ^^JQCWMOOOC Christmas in the air—pre-holiday activities getting into high gear... Santa Claus will be here at his headquarters in the former Troy Motor Sales room to greet his little friends Saturday afternoon—how ever, unless there is some snow the old fellow will have to travel by air plane or some other way, unless he’s invented some new-fangled sleigh ... fact is, there hasn’t been much snow before Christmas since that rough and tough winter five years ago when at this time roads were block ed with snowdrifts however, here comes the Messiah concert next Sunday night which if all signs hold good is a pretty sure indication of winter weather and it’s a bit discouraging to see the number of shopping days before Christmas con stantly getting less—and our Christ mas shopping hasn’t started and here is December 7—remember that was Pearl Harbor day—and how the world has changed in the past eight years—we've come a long way since that time and have learned many things—not among the least of these is the realization that it may be easier to win a war then to win the peace. And speaking of Christmas, there’s a queer quirk in the postal regula tions—under the new rates it will cost you 2-cents postage to mail an unsealed greeting card to your next door neighbor—but it will cost only 1J2 cents to send the same unsealed card to China, Africa, Iceland, or in fact any place in the world except the United States or its possessions. Postal attaches commenting on the situation said it is comparatively simple to change domestic postal rates: however, to change interna tional postal schedules is an involved and complicated process, which ex plains- why the old rate for foreign postage remains unchanged. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Cherry, who operate Skip’s Nursery over near Rockport got the lowdown on the present European situation the other day from a visitor, Harry Verdegaal of Sassenheim, Holland, who stopped here on his annual call taking ord ers for tulip and other spring-flow ering bulbs for shipment next fall. Verdegaal is an interesting visitor and the Cherrys always anticipate his visits with pleasure. Aaron Geiger still plays the piano at the age of 91. His birthday was last Saturday and on Sunday he played three hymns at the morning service of the Ebenezer church. He has always been interested in music and each year on the Sunday nearest his birthday is called upon to play at the church service. Besides his music, he keeps active in the workshop at his home out on South Main street. Exhibited in the Bluffton News window is a minia ture tractor and trailer which he turned out the other day. Mounted on the trailer is a big ten-inch ear of corn from the farm of his son Monroe Geiger of near Pandora. a lot about getting nest—but we never one until the other We’ve heard into a hornet’s really got into day when Archie Hartman brought in a real for-sure nest, now in the Bluffton News window. Archie found it in his woods in Orange township in a beech tree about 20 feet off the ground. The lower part of the nest is missing, apparently having been shot away by a hunter, giving a good view of the interior—and most important— there' are no hornets in it. The nest is a marvel of ingenious construction with a thick outer cov ering of leaves and the interior filled HERes roo do ..... uwt.7,7,.«•«*.*« Mef*Gelecfrkh“d’ S°fety fading on nil °me,er mor. 3 Ce,U rZzz::::’ 9O,°9* Harting. THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO with horizontal layers of comb hung together with columns. Cats have nine lives, they say— and Duane Fender, Ada high school athletic coach saved one of them when he swerved his car near Dun wirk, Friday to miss one of the fe lines crossing the road. He missed the cat, all right, but the car went out of suiting control and in extensive Ross hit a tree re damage. McDonald, Ada "Preacher who fishes Bluffton quarries an expert in catching bass, the old adage that "wind afl'gler, and is proved from the south blow bait in the fishes’ mouth” when he showed up last Wednesday after a fishing trip to Indian lake with two large mouth bass cfnd seven crappies. None of this new-fangled bait for McDonald who always uses worms or crawlers and usually snags from 70 to 100 largest he Wednesday bass in a season. The had on his string last was a 21*2 pound bass. So you’re down in the dumps— got a bad break—life didn’t give you a fair deal and you are not even on speaking terms with Lady Luck— well forget it and hear Carlton El dridge, tenor soloist at th concert next Sunday night. Messiah He’s blind—and we’ll lay the toughest break you never came anywhere near that—so quit crying and buck up. odds that ever got matching But getting back to the blind sing er—he follows with his fingertips the musical score in Braille and although unable to follow the beat of the con ductor’s baton, does a tip top job— we know, because we heard him a couple of times when he was here before. Now anyone who has sung in the Messiah chorus will tell you that the solos look them cial handicap. are a big job any way you at them—yet Eldridge takes in his stride and asks no spe consideration because of his Surprising how a handicap instead of being a drawback can be turned into an advantage—if there’s the right stiiff in you. Blindness isn’t always a hindrance—down at Ba- JfW singer’s furniture store the other day Bill Edwards demonstrated a slick gadget that automatically threads a needle. You don’t have to see to do it. Yes, you guessed it— it was invented by a blind man. Notice Annual meeting of stockholders of The Citizens National Bank, Bluffton, Ohio, will be held at the office of said bank on Tuesday, January 10, 1950 at 7 p. directors and business which meeting. m., for election of transaction of other may.dbmZ before the Janies iec rotary LIMP IN- LEAP OUT- WE MAKE CARS AND TRUCKS NEW AGAIN Complete 1-Stop Service o drive in Complete We •invite you and A?e Our zx^lilie: accessories We have many that will make ideal Christ mas Gifts. Come in and select gifts that will please. Steiner Chevrolet Sales & Service Bluffton, Ohio Oldsmobile is rocketing forward to even greater public acclaim Now—while you read this Engine cars is being built by Oldsmobile unveiled at Oldsmobile showrooms all acroi to be seen and admired! Futuramic glamor, Futuramic value! Three great new Series! models! Dramatic '’Rocket' Engine power a brand new idea in transmissions—to give est ride you’ve ever tried! Look ahead for these far-ahead Euturamies—they’re coming soon to your Oldsmobile dealer’s! a beautiful new fleet of Rocket’’ Soon they'll be s \meriea—there A "Rocket” a minute rolls off this line! The world s only Futuramic engines come from this unique Futuramic factory—in greater and greater numbers! Here the most modern methods of manufacture are used to build the "Rocket”—the engine that set an outstanding first-year record of dependability! So watch for the new "Rocket” cars! ■/I 4k A. Futuramic action, 19 ultra-modern -now paired with you the smooth W* I Mb a WAITER THERE S W SOWHAT? NO CHICKEN IN fl WE DON’T HAVE HORSE MEAT IN MY CmickEM Soup.' OuR HORSE RADISH DO WE? BRUMflN ELECTRIC BEST xxxx COMHERCMUHOUSE WIRING ELECTRICAL REPAIR. RESIDENCE 117 EAST KIBLER. We’re getting more Eggs than ever” Pillsbury makes a special ized linq of egg feeds, equal ly suitable for large or small flocks. These feeds are sci entifically formulated to help good birds produce up SOON DEALERS YOUR OLDSMOBILE Phone 125-A, SOMMER MOTOR SALES, or visit Corner of Route 12 and Main St., Pandora PAGE NINE DISH UP to the limit of their ability and to keep costs down to a practical figure. Come in and let us explain the flexible, economical Pills bury Best Feeding Program. Farmers Grain Co Bluffton, Ohio