The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-12-21
Settlement
"A Merry Christmas" !"

Henry Wehrly's condition remains
about the same.
The various churches and Sunday
Schools are busy preparing appropri-
ate Christmas programs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach
and family were Sunday dinner guests
of E. D. Kohl and Mr.. and Mrs. Hir-
am Kohl and family. Mr.. Joseph
Damico who spent several years in
the Kohl home about twenty years
ago was an afternoon caller. Mr.. and
Mrs. Damico and family are living in
Fostoria.
Miss Gaynell Basinger who has been
employed in Findlay for several years
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry Basinger and family.
Mrs. Homer Schumacher is still at
the hospital in Bucyrus. Her husband
left for their home on Monday, after
being in the hospital over Sunday
night.
Oner Gratz and Harold Diller were
in Cleveland on Monday.
Noah Bixel is expecting to leave
for California soon after the first of
the year, where he is to visit in the
homes of his daughter, Edna and son,
Verdi until spring. Emerson Basing-
er and Gaylord Lehman are to accom-
pany him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Burkhart and
family are moving from the Clyde
Shawber farm to the L. w. Dukes
residence on State Route IL.
Clayton Bixel is kept busy demon
strating the new Ford tractor. He
has the agency for Hancock county.
ROLAND Burkhart who won the Ma
tional Sheep shearing contest in Chi
cago recently, is to put on an shear
ing exhibition as special feature at
the Columbus Grove fair on Friday.
Aaron Messenger is driving a 1888
Chevrolet sedan
Ralph Davidson, who has been en-
ployed by the Great Lakes Steamship
Company for a number of years, re-
turned home several days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Backensto of
Woodstock, Illinois are the proud par
ents of baby boy since Monday.
This makes Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Kohl
grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Amstutz and
daughter, Aneta of Wisner, Nebraska,
arrived recently to spend some time
visiting in their parental homes and
among other relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Wehrly are
planning to leave for Florida in a
couple of weeks and remain there for
month or so. Colonel" H. M.
Thrapp is to take charge of their
home during their absence.
The evangelistic services were brot
to close last Sunday evening at the
Missionary church in Pandora. DR..
Parker of Bob Jones College of Cleve-
land, Tennessee brought the messages,
Mr.. and Mrs. liner Basinger assisted
in the musical part of the services.
Miss Esther Reichenbach has start
ed to work at the Triplett Meter
Works.
Our mild weather is causing some
of our folks who planned to winter
in Florida to ponder somewhat as to
the time when they really ought to
leave for the Southland.
Chris Sommer has been on the sick
list since one day last week.
Irwin Basinger is again at home
since the Ottawa Sugar company has
finished the season of sugar making.
Wilbert Schumacher accompanied
Milton Lehman to Cleveland last
Thursday. Mr.. Lehman drives the
egg truck for Wilmer Niswander.
Wilbert Zuercher called upon the
many patrons of the Pandora Milling
company on Tuesday to distribute q
handsome souvenir.
Marvin Hilty left for Cleveland on
Saturday morning where he has found
employment. His brother Gordon has
been in Cleveland for some weeks
where he took further voice training
and is also employed there. The two
brothers are also singing regularly at
two large churches in that city.
Ray Schumacher and Merlin Burk-
holder left for Florida by truck to get
a load of oranges.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Rothlisberger
spent Friday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dennis Diller.
Harold Diller and Noah Bixel visit
ed in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Miller and family of Smithville
last Friday.
Jack Warner of Wapakoneta pur-
chased several truck loads of cattle in
the vicinity this week.
Peter N. Suter is in the Findlay
hospital as result of an automobile
accident which occurred at Perrys-
burg, one day last week. The driver
of the car in which they were riding
was killed instantly. Mr.. Suter sus-
tanned a double fracture of a leg.