“STOP, hey, what’s that sound?

BLUFFTON/BEAVERDAM — While other parts of the country have been absolutely slammed with bad weather this winter, it, frankly, has been extremely mild in this area for the most part. *Knock on (barometer casing) wood.

Note: To illustrate how the stop signs of old worked, Ada historian Leland Crouse sent me an old, really old, photo of the stop sign standing upright, waiting for the next Model T. (*See adjoining story for a description of how these stop signs actually worked. I can’t imagine how many times motorists told the police back then: “Honestly, I didn’t see the sign officer.”