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THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1950
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Town talk for the past week cen
tered about that twister which swept
Orange township and make no
mistake, there was plenty to talk
about—never within memory of the
oldest inhabitant has there been
anything even approaching it in
savage devastation—or demonstra
tion of the worth of tornado insur
ance—and Bluffton area sightseers
thronged roads through the country
side viewing with amazement dis
aster wrought by the gale's fury—
twisted trees, cornfields with mud
covered stalks stripped bare of their
leaves pointing skyw’ard at crazy
angles like gaunt gnarled fingers—
the Hartman woodlot near the old
Ewing school comer a mass of
tangled trees wrenched out by the
roots or shattered tops and per
vaded by the stench from scores of
rabbits, pheasants and other wild
life slaughtered wholesale without
warning in the holocaust.. number
less incidents related in connection
with vagaries of the storm which
moved at an erratic pace as it cut
a swath several hundred yards wide
for a five mile stretch through the
heart of the township, leaving some
places virtually unscathed as the
twister passed high overhead and
swooping down on others to bring
disaster and destruction most
remarkable was the fact that with
all the widespread devastation there
were no futilities temporarily
overshadowed were all other phases
in Bluffton’s day to day life—
hoarding which in the past week has
taken a newr impetus since Wash
ington posed the possibility of con
trols and rationing sugar, cof
fee, tires, autos, household gadgets
and what not first polio case
of the season and July bowing
off the stage with less than the us
ual hot, humid weather ... ice cream
socials galore corn overcoming
handicap of earlier cool weather ...
and mothers planning outfits for
youngsters as September 5, opening
day of school nears.
Orange township folks did some
fast thinking and faster action in
the emergency last Wednesday even
ing when suddenly confronted by the
menace of a cyclone. Some sought
shelter in cellars while others piled
into the family car and fled before
the fury of the twister which moved
at comparatively moderate speed.
Among the latter were Mrs. Le
land Sechler and daughter June who
were on their farm, the former
Henry Wilch place. Seeing the
storm moving slowly at the edge of
a distant woodlot, they hastily sum
moned their tenant, Franklin Beach,
who with his wife and two children
crowded into the Sechler car and
sped east to Route 69 and turned
south, away from the storm’s path.
Their barn was badly sdamaged.
Twenty head of cattle, however, es
caped unharmed, having been fed and
watered and turned out into the
field only a short time before the
storm struck.
And there was plenty of neighbor
ly assistance for those who had sus
tained damage. At the Milton and
Howard Benroth farm where dam
age was extensive, neighbors gath
ered early Thursday morning to
help clear away debris and repair
damage. The storm wrecked a ga
rage and demolished an attached
chicken house, tore off barn doors
and part of the house roof as well
as damaging smaller buildings and
blowing down trees.
Helping at the Benroth place,
Thursday and Friday were John
Scothorn, Floyd Hartman, Russell
Elzay, Walter Hamilton, Bob and
Ezra Hartman, Louis Shellenbarger,
Grover Montgomery, Henry and
Jacob Schaller, Harry Gehrisch,
Stanley Weidman, Herbert Bormuth,
Emory and Walter Benroth, Orvie
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
and Jim Frantz, Phil and Bill Shel
lenbarger, Jerry and Harold Weid
man.
Fishermen taking off Friday for a
10-days summer hegira in the Cana
dian wilds—Ed Lape, Ralph Patter
son, Elmer Romey and Hiram Wen
ger bound for Wilberforce, Ontario,
a favorite region for local anglers.
They will fish in Elephant, Fishtail
and Clear lakes and also Farquart
lake, where Patterson and Wenger
hooked five large salmon trout on a
previous expedittion.
Dropping in the other day was
George Huber, former Bluffton resi
dent, now of McAllen, Texas, who
pilots one of those big jobs for a
trucking and moving concern. Geo.,
enroute through Lima detoured to
make a flying visit to the old home
town which still holds a warm spot
in his heart, despite the fact that
he likes his new home in Texas.
And speaking of Texas, there are
lots of big things there—one of
which is Houston, according to a
clipping from the Houston Press,
sent by Beulah Temple Wild, Bluff
ton native, now an executive on the
Community Council in that city.
The last census, according to the
newspaper, shows the city’s popula
tion well over a half-million—593,000
—an increase of 209,086 or 52 per
cent over the 1940 figure of the last
previous census.
A ship canal from the Gulf of
Mexico, brings ocean shipping to
the Texas metropolis which lays
claim to being the nation’s largest
seaport second only to New York.
A night blooming cereus was an
attraction at the Carl Cahill home
on Jefferson street last Friday even
ing, being the first bloom borne by
the plant, more than 30 years old.
Opening shortly after dusk, the
flower unfolded in a rare display of
spotless white loveliness with pistil
and stamens forming a dainty fili
gree pattern at the center and per
vaded overall the flower’s delicate
perfume. It measured eight inches
in diameter shortly after 10 o’clock
in the evening when it attained its
maximum size. By the following
morning it was virtually closed.
The cereus is of the cactus fam
ily of which Mrs. Cahill has a large
collection while her husband raises
a wide variety of roses at the rear
of their home where he has fashion
ed a picturesque rock garden.
Back from the International con
vention of Lions clubs at Chicago
the past week are the Ed Lapes
and Forrest Steinmans. The two
Bluffton men marched with the Ohio
delegation which took second place
in the big parade through the city’s
downtown district.
The Buckeyes made a brilliant
spot of color in their bright red
jackets emblazoned with the club
emblem, together with white trous
ers and shirts, black ties and red
jockey caps.
Mrs. Steinman and Mrs. Lape
were among the 5,500 attending a
ladies breakfast at the Stevens hotel,
said to be the largest ever arranged
for a service club. It was followed
by a style show sponsored by Marsh
all Fields, leading Chicago retail
store.
Weevils will be less likely to at
tack stored wheat if the bin is clean
and has been sprayed with DDT.
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