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PACK TWO
The Bluffton News
MILTON I. EDWARDS, Editor
CHARLES HILTY, Associate Editor
Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio, by Bluffton News Publishing
and Printing Co.
Subscription rates: Year, $3.00 six months. $2.00 anywhere in U. S.
Entered as second class matter at the post office at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Black Spots-Then Red Ones!
The untimely week-end rain, which emulsified
the asphalt street dressing applied only a few days
earlier on several Bluffton streets, created a moan
that could be heard clear to the Town Hall as house
wives found the treacherous black tar tracked on
living room rugs and throughout their homes.
Scarcely a home in Bluffton, a church or a busi
ness place excaped the black tracks on carpeting and
floor tile. No one was looking for it, and in an instant,
it seemed, housewives saw spots before their eyes—
first black and then red ones.
This week village officials tried to explain that
what had happened in Bluffton has occurred before in
town and country street work. County and municipal
road people of long experience told the same story.
“It will happen every time if you get a prolonged
rain before the asphalt sealer has time to set, especial
ly if the water is worked under the asphalt by the
wheels of heavy traffic. Suddenly, it begins to pull off
the road. The only means of stopping the action is to
block the streets to all traffic until they have dried
out.”
Local officials believe that the only loss of ma
terial has been on Main street and this can be recti
fied.
The rain was untimely. Tar spots on the rugs of
the voters are not popular at election time, but it
would be a shame if the incident should reflect itself
in the balloting next Tuesday on the 2-mill extra tax
levy, which officials and councilmen feel unanimously
is needed for street improvements.
The street incident could have happened to any
village administration. It has happened before and will
happen again to others with far more experience in
street maintenance.
The Bluffton News supported the 2-mill tax levy
for village operations last year, and sees no reason
why it is not needed this year. Municipal officials all
over Ohio are finding difficulty operating on old
levies. Payroll taxes are sought many places. Is there
any reason to believe that the same pinch is not felt
in Bluffton?
Mainly Personal
MUSHROOMS have long been
a favorite topic of this column—
especially in the springtime when
the tasty morel pushes above the
ground and nothing can restrain
the dyed-in-the-wool mushroom
hunter. It is hard to tell whether
mushroom hunters or fishermen
tell the biggest lies, but we have
always given the edge to a mush
room hunter.
Of course, in the fall there are
puff balls, but a veteran morel
hunter will turn up his nose at
the sight of one.
Nevertheless, this column at
tempts faithfully to record mush
room history and no partiality is
shown the morel or its later ar
riving cousin the puff ball.
Therefore it should be report
ed that Carl Kimmel brought one
of the largest puff balls we have
ever seen into the C. F. Niswand-
er store last week. The big fun
gus appeared about the size of
a Circleville pumpkin, and
measured 54 inches in diameter
at the biggest bulge. It weighed
almost 15 pounds.
WE HAVE POINTED OUT pre
viously that wherever you go, you
find mushrooms and mushroom
hunters. We hardly expected to
hear from Japan. When the Rev.
and Mrs. Robert Ramseyer re
turned from their missionary du
ties in Japan they were kind
enough to bring along a sample
of the Japanese mushroom
packed in what appears to be a
liquid in a box made from a sec
tion of bamboo.
We are waiting until we can
have Gene Benroth down for din
ner soon to share this windfall,
since Gene is one of our best
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU
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CHEVROLET, INC.
204-206 N. Main Phone 1351
mushroom news sources.
RECENTLY THIS COLUMN
snickered politely (if a polite
snicker is possible) at bank em
ployees who managed to lock
themselves inside after a hard
day’s work.
This week we would like to
pay tribute to the editor of
Bluffton’s leading weekly news
paper, who managed to give
away his key to the shop, then
lock himself out on the busiest
night of the week. He had to
make a red-faced, house-to-house
canvass of the employees to find
a key.
At least the bank employees
had the sense to lock them
selves in with all that money.
IN REPORTING the end of
the passenger service on the
Nickel Plate railroad, it should
have been mentioned that among
other "last riders” were Bob Mc
Cune and 10 neighborhood young
sters who boarded one of the last
trains three days before the run
was discontinued and rode from
Bluffton to Findlay.
LAFAYETTE, it seems, is
bound to keep a Robinson as
mayor. Early this year Mayor
Tom Robinson notified his friends
that he and Mrs. Robinson were
moving to Florida and he could
not run for re-election. He has
served the village as chief exec
utive for 12 years.
Apparently determined to keep
a Robinson in office, Tom’s son
Hugh was nominated and is run
ning unopposed for the office next
Tuesday.
BLUFFTON SQUARE DANC
ERS, who follow their fun prac
tically anywhere in a two-state
area, appeared on television from
a Ft. Wayne station on October
20. The program was “Prome
dance pro-
nade 21,” an evening
gram.
Bus Gratz was one
lers and Carl Geels,
caller who has appeared here
many times, also called for the
dancers,
floor all the
Editor,
Bluffton
Bluffton,
Dear Sir,
of the cal
Ft. Wayne
Five sets were on the
time and as many
were appearing be
cameras at one
for the TV
time.
Members
Squares making the trip
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hendricks,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morrison, Mr.
and Mrs. Don Corson, Mr.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
of the Circle
were
and
and
and
and
Ray Reichenbach, Mr.
Russell Schaublin, Mr.
Clair Michel and Mr.
Bus Gratz.
Letter to the
Editor
1959
Ohio
October 26,
Bluffton,
News,
Ohio.
once
What has happened to our
beautiful MAIN STREET is not
good and the people of Bluffton
do not like it. MAIN street is
usually the principal street of
any community, and the street
should have priority in the mat
ter of maintenance and repair.
It is most always the center of
business activity, and visitors to
a town get their most important
impression of the
way MAIN street
and repaired. We
COUNTRY LANE
MAIN STREET. It is true that
there were a few- cracks in Main
street which could have been re
paired at a small cost, and they
should have been, but by no
means in the manner in whicj)
it was done. The worst is yet to
come, for if the surplus stone is
not removed before heavy rains,
the stone will be washed down
into the sewers, and when they
start to back up, then the town
will really have
headache. Main
almost the full
stone can only
city by the
is kept clear
now have a
in place of
a "KING SIZE"
street is curbed
length and the
go one place.
C. H. Cole,
Garau street,
Bluffton, Ohio
114
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON. OHIO
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK
REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS? The above photo shows one of Bluffton’s earliest swim
ming set ups at Buckeye Quarry lake.
In the early 20’s the quarry’ was owned by Casper Herrman, who leased the swimming facil
ities to the Geiger brothers, Steiner and Ivan. Fishing rights were sold privately to individuals.
There was no shallow water for beginners at that time. Mr. Herrmann, at one time attempted
to dig a shallow pool in the rock at the rear of the bath house, but when it failed to hold water
without cementing, the project was abandoned.
The bath house in the photo was located on the north side of the quarry in front of where the
shelter house is now located.
Country Flavor
CHORES
Men look through office and
factory windows these late-au
tumn afternoons and remember
chore time on the farm. As soon
as a lad reached home from
District school, he changed into
farm pants and old shoes and
went at Hie chores.
In the days when big, friendly
horses furnished power, chores
in fall and winter were done by
lantern light. It was taken for
granted that a 12-year-older
would help do the work and it
never occurred to him to object.
He hung the lantern on an
oaken peg in one of the uprights
of the main floor, climbed to
the scaffold and pitched down
enough hay for the night and
morning feedings. It was good
to hear the whinnying of the
horses and the impatient mooing
of the cows as they tossed their
heads.
A lad cleaned the gutters and
horse stalls, bedded the cows
with fresh sawdust and the horse
stalls with oat straw. He filled
the cart with the mixture of mid
dlings, ground oats and cotton
seed meal for the cows. He filled
the grain measures with whole
oats for the horses. The pigs had
their special mixture of grain.
When the year was growing old
er and dusk came early, mother
fed the hens in mid-afternoon.
Before milking cows and meat
stock were turned
barnyard
trough. The only job a lad real
ly disliked was pumping
trough full. No one appreciates
out to the
to drink from
COME
-fcA-'
how much water cows can drink
until he pumps it for them.
Back in the bam, the cows
were grained and then the milk
ing began. It was good to be in
the warm tie-up on a cold eve
ning, good to hear the streams
of white strike the bottom of the
pail and to watch the head of
froth build up. Farm chores to
day are mechanized, but there
are men who still recall the quiet
satisfaction of chore time a gen
eration and more ago.
Lions
Model
To Inspect
Railread
Lions will adjourn
Bluffton
their meeting after dinner next
Tuesday at the Horseshoe Grilll
to the residence of Dr. and IMrs.
B. W. Travis for an inspection of
Dr. Travis’ model railroad lay
out recently completed.
The railroad lines which in
clude more than a fifth of a mile
of track winding about on several
levels in the basement train room
is considered one of the largest
of its kind in the countiy.
NOW IS THE TIME
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Thanksgiving Day
The custom of open church and
open reception will be observed
at the Thanksgiving Day wedding
of Miss Christine Rae Geiger and
Jack D. Shumaker.
Miss Geiger is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Geiger,
Bluffton, and Mr. Shumaker
the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.
Shumaker, Elyria, Ohio.
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brother of the bridegroom. Musiq
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