The following is from an interview with the late Dr. Howard Shelly, M.D.
When I started to make house calls at night I asked Dr. Rodabaugh what he charged for a night house call.
He gave me his classic answer: Well, when the phone rings and it’s one in the morning I say to myself, I’m going to charge this guy thirty bucks.
Bill Herr remembers: We had dairy, hogs, and 200 over Leghorn chickens. When I was a senior in high school I milked 40 head of cows before I went to school in the morning. In 1964, when we finally sold the cattle we had 37 cows.
Rudi Steiner writes about AM radio and youth in the 1950s - By the late 1950s CKLW-AM 800 (Detroit/Windsor) began developing the Top 40’s programming format that it became famous for in the 1960s.
CKLW AM, a Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate, was loud and slick. Its catchy jingles, 30-second spots and witty commercials were exactly what Bluffton and Midwestern teens wanted to hear.
On Main Street, or close to it, you could get a flattop or a perm, try on a ladies hat, have your foot X-rayed, pick up a day-old Chicago American newspaper
For more information about "Bluffton Anthology" click here. Rudi Steiner remembers Bluffton in the 1950s:
• On Main Street, or close to it, you could get a flattop or a perm,
try on a ladies hat,
have your foot X-rayed,
buy a 3-cent first class stamp,
purchase a Farmall tractor,
eat a hamburger,
open a Christmas savings account,
put an ad in the Bluffton News,
