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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.
Mainly Personal
A. J. B., an impressive set of
initials which has been puzzling
many people for many years, re
ceived full light last week
council meeting. The bearer
the initials explained how
would have been named for
American president if a Metho
dist preacher had not opened his
mouth.
threw the monkey wrench in the
Republican works was the Rev.
Samuel Birchard,
large New York audience that
the Democrats were “the party
of Rum, Romanism and Rebel
lion.” This was just the thing to
switch many hesitant Irish Cath
olics firmly to the Democratic
side. Mr. Cleveland won New
York by less than 1,000 votes and
this big block of electoral votes
gave him the presidency.
at
he
an
Bom to a good Republican
family during the presidential
campaign of 1884, Mr. Longsdorf
picked up the middle part of his
name in honor of James G.
Blaine, the Republican nominnee.
For a time he even went under
the name of A. J. G. B. Longsdorf,
an even greater mouthful. The
A., by the way, stands for Alvin
and was given in honor of a
friend of the family.
Getting back to the almost
president for whom A. J. B. was
named, Mr. Blaine in the late
days of the race was leading his
Democratic opponent, Grover
Cleveland, in New York state.
The Methodist preacher who
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With this heritage Mr. Longs
dorf could hardly escape a life
long Republicanism. As power in
the Republican party shifted
from the east to Ohio, he at one
time acquired the nickname of
“Mark Hanna”, the all powerful
Ohio Senator who once ran the
GOP at the turn of the century.
WE KNEW this spring-like
weather would bring word soon
of a blooming crocus or dande
lion, and sure enough, Monday
Mrs. Fred Ludwig called to tell
us that her daughter, Diane, had
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The little yellow buttons may
just be weeds in the summer, but
when they bloom in December
they become promises of a new
season ahead, and are welcomed
for their golden bauty.
TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR
TRAVEL is fast but can also get
complicated. Sally Reichenbach
encountered this coming home
for the holidays from Santa Mon
ica, Calif., to be with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph. Reich
enbach and family of North Lawn
avenue.
Sally made it to Chicago from
Los Angeles Wednesday evening
in four hours. In Chicago she
missed her flight to Lima by a
few minutes despite the fact that
she hopped 40 to 50 miles by
helicopter from one Chicago air
port to another. Having missed
the Lima connection, she took a
plane to Dayton, went by auto
to Sidney where her folks met
and brought her home in
amily Christmas eve.
nbach plans to stay
three or four
turning to Cal
he is a stenog
law firm of Kap-
her
time for a
Miss Reid
in Bluffton fc
weeks before
ifomia x«*iere
raphe!
lan, lyiA4
Berkowitt in
Goodwin and
verly Hills.
THE WHITE CHRISTMAS
JINX continued as a sudden
warm spell on Christmas Eve
wiped away the last traces of the
snow which had made the last
week seem almost like a Christ
mas season should.
This marked the tenth straight
year for Bluffton youngsters to
suffer through a snowless Christ
mas with no opportunity to try
out new sleds and ice skates.
SANTA CLAUS was not handi
capped by the weather as he
found his way from house to
house with very few mistakes.
Old White Whiskers did make
one miscue at the home of Mrs.
Mary Schiffke, our clerk-secre
tary-bookkeeper, e e ionist
proof reader-circulation manager
and social chairman. Waiting un
der Mary’s tree was a back seat
radio speaker for her car, which
unfortunately, has no radio.
all
COMPETITION rises on
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wish better success than the ed
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done by students at the local
elementary school.
and
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THE BLUFFTON N
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK
VIEW OF BLUFFTON looking north from the top of the town hall sometime about 1900 before
the day of the National Quarry. Photo shows at right intersection of Elm and Thurman streets.
The large house in the foreground is the Bill Augsburger property, and at the left is the home of
Mrs. Donald Stratton and family. The white frame house is were the Gene Mericle family now re-
sides.
The expanse of ground in the upper left is where the National
picked a whole bouquet from
their back yard for a table bou
quet Sunday.
was Christmas, of course, with
James Opperman, Susie Hilty,
Jayne Ann Suter, Linda Jo Ben
der and Louise Weaver
fifth grade contributing
mas poems.
Headache of the whole fourth
grade.”
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CLASSIFIED ADS
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BLUFFTON. OHIO
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Quarry lake now stands.
of the
Christ-
classes
Activities of the various
are described. We are pleased to
note that arithmetic is still being
taught in the fourth grade and
that it is still a problem to many
of the students. The well-remem
bered tune of “Davy Crockett”
which blanketed the country
several years ago has been
changed with a new chorus:
“Lo-ong division, lo-ong di
vision,
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TO THE EDITOR
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WHAT DOCTORS SAY ABOUT:
Trip to Dentist
Might Help
Polio
Split Nail
(?. 1 have heard that prolonged
irritation could cause eaneer.
What about musicians who play
wind instruments? Would the
conatant irritation of the
mouth piece cause lip cancer?
A. Players of wind instruments
are prone to develop lip and
mouth sores but there is little evi
dence that there is a tendency
toward cancerous changes. Mu
sicians who have very much lip
or mouth trouble should consult
a dentist for possible correction
of tooth irregularities that might
contribute to the difficulty.
Can paralytic polio strike
the same peraon twice?
A. Second attacks of paralytic
poliomyelitis have occurred but
only about five such cases have
been reported in the medical
literature. The attacks occurred
one to fifteen years apart.
(?. Several years ago I hit my
finger end split the nail. The
Bluffton, Ohio
December 26, 1959
Dear Mr. Editor,
Since having three weeks’ en
forced vacation in our Bluffton
hosiptal I’d like to write of some
of the things I learned there.
Of course, one only goes to a
hospital when one is ill, but
health and hope and new life are
offered there.
Then, I discovered something
about the staff aside from our
Bluffton doctors there are ten
others in the community around
who bring their patients here—
for here is a wonderfully well
organized staff: one technician
five housekeeping and laundry
people two cooks (food always
tasted good to me) two in the
office the superintendent and,
this is what surprised me, thirty
nine women in the community,
HraJtk
way
any
nail atill aplita about half
from the cuticle. la there
way to correct thia?
A. Probably not. The nail
may have been injured enough to
produce a scar. If so, the trouble
is not with the nail itself but in
what happens to it as it grows
outward over the nail bed. When
it reaches the scarred area, ad
herence to the bed is lost and the
nail splits. So far as is known,
there is no effective treatment
for a permanent nail bed scar.
Dispensing prescribed medicine is
what we do best do promptly
and do at reasonable cost.
Trust your health to your doctor
trust Ms prescriptions to us.
bed
Questions directed to Science Edi
tors, P.O. Box 396, Madison Sq.
Sta., N. Y. 10, N. Y. will be in
corporated in these columns when
possible.
Published os a Public Service By
of capable nursing ability, who
are always on call. There are
three shifts a day when those re
sponsible tn cne the work is car
ried on are always there, plus
those extras needed. There is al
ways one registered nurse for the
surgery, one for the nursery, and
as many more as needed, for
there are ten cribs and beds for
mothers. There are 22 beds in
all, plus more for emergencies,
which I think I must have been
for I was placed in the recep
tion room.
Volunteers can help in differ
ent ways, so, come to the Janu
ary 12th meeting of the auxiliary
and learn what YOU can do.
I do want to express my thanks
to the hospital staff for excellent
care, and for the hope and faith
they gave me, and to all my
friends through their prayers,
cards and gifts which lifted my
heart and encouraged me.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein
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