The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-03
Settlement

The many friends and relatives
of Rev. j. f. Steiner returned mis-
sionary from China, will call to bid
him farewell when he spends Satur-
day at the home of his brother in
law Rev. Armin Steiner of Pandora.
On the following day he will leave
Lima for San Francisco and sail
August IL for China. His family
who have been in Wooster for the
past year will remain there for the
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Geiger who
have been visiting relatives and
friends in the Settlement this sum-
mer will leave this week for Los
Angeles from where they will sail
for their home in the Hawaiian
islands. Mr.. Geiger, son of the late
David Geiger, is former Settlement
boy who has been making good as a
high school teacher in Honolulu.
| r. L. Triplett is building a
covered barnyard at his farm in the
Settlement.
Chas. Danner, Lima plumber, who
purchased the Adam and Barbara
Amstutz farm two miles west of
Bluffton near the Ebenezer church,
is making a number of substantial
improvements. A new fence with
cedar posts has been made around
the farm and up the long lane to
the house and all the buildings have
been newly painted.
Alvan Basinger, Albert BURY,
Clarence Basinger and Ed Diller are
spending the week in New York
city attending the fair.
| What might have been very SER
, ious accident happened last We'd
nesday morning when Paul, son of
Rev. and Mrs. ID. ]. Unruh was rid
ing his bicycle northward, expecting
to go west on Route IL at the Shell
Service Station in Pandora, he failed
to see the approaching automobile
which was being driven by John
Frankhouser who was travelling east
and the two vehicles collided, the car
being stopped as quickly as possible.
Others who witnessed the accident
quickly rushed the boy to the office
of DR.. Rice. The lad suffered as a
result of cuts about his face so that
it required sixteen stitches to prop
erly dress the wounds. He is at
present getting along as well as can
be expected.
Omar Gratz and Harold Diller de-
livered truck load of eggs to De-
troit one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wenger and
son Robert of Lancaster, Ohio spent
part of last week visiting with Mrs.
Logan.
While Eugene Kohl and several
companions were driving north on
the PutnamHancock county line last
Wednesday night he lost control of
the car in which they were riding
and it left the road and fell on it's
side in the bottom of the deep ditch.
| Fortunately none of the occupants
were injured and only slight dam
age was done to the car.
Willis Schumacher is making prep
aration to build a shed to cover his
barnyard.
Rev. Armin Steiner, pastor of the
Missionary church preached at the
Union services which were held at
the ST. John church on Sunday
evening.
Some oats are still to be threshed.
Yields are not very large this year.
E. ID. Kohl, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
M. Kohl and family spent last Sun
day at Chatham, Ohio, where they
visited in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Homer j. Kohl and daughter, Mary
Ellen. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Kohl
and son, Edward Allen of Findlay;
and Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Gallant
of Shelby, Ohio, also spent the day
there. Homer Kohl has been sup
erintendent of the Chatham schools
for eighteen years.
Abe Bixler and Chris Leichty are
doing carpenter work at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Miller. They are
making different stairways in the
house.
Howard Bixler who has been driv-
ing the egg truck for Noah Bixel
for some time has discontinued this
work and is again employed at the
Steiner Bros. Machine shop in Lima.
The young folks of the st. John
congregation enjoyed a wiener roast
at the Pandora play ground on We'd
nesday evening.
On Monday, Dale Snavely, Smith
Hughes instructor in the Pandora
school, took group of his students
to the Poultry Congress which is be-
ing held in Cleveland. Those who
spent the day there were: Donald